God Bless the Children
Blessings Unveiled: Bruce Cockburn's Poetic Tapestry of Life's Cycles
Lyrics
Night comes
Night falls
The mask of the world
The facade of the world
Resolves into round bits of silver on the table
Resolves into small pieces of silver on the table
Round arrow knocked against the bow
An arrow in a circular shape against the bow
Round fruit devoured by time
A circular fruit consumed by time
While the moon climbs
While the moon ascends
Sea swells
The sea swells
Illusion is queen
Deception holds dominance
In the shallow graves of experience time-centered
In the superficial graves of experience, time is the focus
Grave silence reigns over the stars
Silence dominates the stars in those graves
Graven image hanging in time
An image carved in time
While the earth unwinds
While the earth gradually unwinds
With rain the world grows us older
Through rain, the world ages us
Lord let us not be lost
Pray we are not lost
God bless the children with knowledge of the cost
May God bless the children with an understanding of the price
Day comes
Day arrives
The hawk of gold
A golden hawk
Springs forth in flame from a highway paved with diamonds
Springs forth in flames from a road paved with diamonds
Lion rampant on a green field
A rampant lion on a green field
Ramparts cracked into the sky
Ramparts fractured into the sky
While the Christ stands by
While Christ observes
With pain the world paves us over
Through pain, the world covers us
Lord let us not betray
Pray we do not betray
God bless the children with visions of the day
May God bless the children with visions of a better day
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