The Light (Live)

Lyrics

[Intro] I wanna go to the stars I wanna go to the stars I wanna go to the stars [Verse 1] She awoke with a start from a dream of stars "Let's talk metaphysics," she said in her BVDs Didn't need comfort, just some verbal intercourse A dance around the intelligence tree "Where was the light before it came here? Who had the power to begin the spin? What is in store and what am I here for? Is it love? Is it war? Is there more?" There she goes at my mind again The age of poetry had begun [Chorus] Wasn't that a time for the light? Wasn't that a time to shake the foundations? Wasn't that a time for love? Go out and stuff the universe into your eyes [Verse 2] Out together on the streets At the barricades or in the sheets What a scintillating dish with her eyes on the light "Let's go to hell together" in her eyes "Why do we remember the past and not the future? What's inside a black hole? What is the nature of the universe? How does it work? Which way is west in space? Is there sex in heaven? Is it the best?" "Connect me with my intellect," she sighed You can't hide the sexual drive [Verse 3] Friction makes sparks, sparks make fire Fire makes heat and the heat will endure 'Til the animal comes with a ferocity Not unlike you and me in the throes of poetry A lover's eyes can stare an eagle blind A lover's ears can hear the lowest sound A lover's lips taste like a dream I know you like it on top, don't stop [Chorus] Wasn't that a time for the light? Wasn't that a time to shake the foundations? Wasn't that a time for love and danger? Go out and stuff the universe into your eyes [Verse 4] Now the only answer that I have found Above the sky or below the ground Is that there are no answers There never were any answers And there will never be any answers And as Gertrude Stein once said, "That's the answer!" I'm not afraid of the future I'm not afraid of ideas I'm not afraid to shake the foundations Of the wonder years These are visions of tomorrow These are visions of the strength of ideas Like matter and energy, ideas shape the sky Of the future years [Bridge] You know in my imaginary world, there are no hungry children In my world, love is true In my world, teachers get paid more than baseball players In my world, there is you But in the real world, people get hungry In the real world, people need love And in the real world, people need light and hope And ideas and food and love and a soothing human touch [Verse 5] Just like they're standing in the presence of gods Standing in the halls of imagination Every boy a lion and every girl a tiger It just takes a moment to step through the fire Adventure beckons from above The age of poetry begins again with love [Chorus] Ain't this a time for the light? Ain't this a time to shake the foundations? Ain't this a time for love and danger? Go out and stuff the universe into your eyes Ain't this a time for the light? Ain't this a time to shake the foundations? I know you like it on top, don't stop Ain't this a time for the light? [Outro] Darby Gould