Make blind my eyes
And bind my hands
And cast in guise these wandered lands

Subdue the truth
Undo my youth
Unclue the proof of vaster skies
Uncast the spells and cut these ties
And give me fall to halt this rise

I know it’s lies!
I know I’ll cry
I know I’ll ever wonder Why

I know I’ll die
I know I will
But I don’t care, I want it still

Give me breath to taste the air
And give me sea to stand and stare

Give me heartache
Give me hurry
Give me blessed want and worry
Race my mind and bust my gut
And break my bones and let me shut
My eyes once more to golden sun
And glow in nature’s holding hum
To learn of love
And burn with rage
And sing of life beyond a cage
Whose bars can never bar my soul
Oh let me be once more unwhole
So I may dream the dreams of freedom
And pour the words of one who knows
That there are rules, but we don’t need them
So long as we have righteous goals

Give me one more night of starshine
Give me one more day ashore
Let me feel that thumping drumline
Let me live on earth once more