Hemispheres Lyrics

there are no mysteries that have beyond the boundaries
that you and I contain and reach together
day and day there are no themes together that we do not explain
and animate and act upon
but we must live it out too close to see the shape,
we have no time to mark the way
the sharp sun scratches into afternoon
and knows tomorrow is already gone
though sharp sun scratches into afternoon
tomorrow's life and plight have been begun
we ache to make forever hold our mark and all around the land
that we have held is moving in the glare
our sight is spoiled oh hold me, my best crafts can only speak
the city garbage-tips of what I seek
but this embrace that all are simply at
is plan and planet ringed about with light
the sharp sun scratches into afternoon
and knows tomorrow is already gone
though sharp sun scratches into afternoon
tomorrow's life and plight have been begun
man on a barque around the hemisphere or shuffling molecules
or past the moon is home at last
is truly humbly one notated among seasons of the year
is not outside the mystery
but here, the operative, the tool
let us begin with miracles
the sharp sun scratches into afternoon
and knows tomorrow is already gone
before the sharp sun scratches afternoon
and our quick metals are all gone