Hold On: Last Offerings

Last Offerings


Bring to pause my reckless haste
Remind me of what I would waste
These trees I see as skeletons
In waiting for the spring to come
But cast the night as night away
Forget not that there’s more to days
Than what can be shown by the sun
You show me things I’d leave undone

(Chorus)
Oh
Ride the barrel down
Oh
Gather the gang around
There’s always something more than what we bring
And I’ve given not my last offering

Tell me something of your past
Some clue to what is made to last
Your words to choose, each is your choice
I only want your voice
Perhaps we’re two sides of a coin
Called but fell a ball baring
Rolling off of the table
We are nothing if not falling

(Repeat chorus)

Cool my head and warm my frame
The private longing still remains
Though I assured you I was tamed
You assured me you were the same
The faithless cries “believe in me!”
To his wild river queen
But I can be what I must be
If at Montecristo again we’ll meet

(Repeat chorus)

The ceremonies come again
Of what will break and what will bend
Of what will grow from what will mend
And scarred what will descend
Rights of fire, of pride or shame
Please tell me now, what we remain?
To celebrate this would seem strange
But like to all, celebrations change

(Repeat chorus)


January, 7, 2009