Midnight sun, I know you must be shining
Even as the mourning mother turns her face
Heavy hangs our shame on the mantle of this moment
Oh, to rise and glimpse the dream above disgrace
Seasons turn, though winter's sad travailing
Rolls my ragged soul against the stone
And surely love, in silent, sleeping power
Will claim the crown and call the children home
If I had the view from Olympus
Where planets dance in God's eye
I know I'd see only beauty
But that hill is so hard to climb
If time, in all of her wisdom
Would lift me up to look below
I know that rest would come so easy
But it's hard to live with so much left unknown
Tower of every hope, you must be standing
Though the thunder and the smoke withhold a sign
This path of paper lanterns spirals up to meet your eyes
I believe the madness only masks design
Keeper of broken hearts, I know you've seen us
Through the tears of every eye that is our own
And I know that sacred flame waits to ignite, embrace, and lead us
And remind us we will never walk alone
If I had the view from Olympus
Where planets dance in God's eye
I know I'd see only beauty
But that hill is so hard to climb
If time, in all of her wisdom
Would lift me up to look below
I know that rest would come so easy
But it's hard to live with so much left unknown
Glorious, the years are glorious
And they give back just as much as all they take from us
And when the wheel comes 'round
I know I will be found
Beautiful, so bright and beautiful
Carried on the patient grace of every push and pull
And I won't count the cost
To reclaim the heart of all I've lost
Radiant, the future's radiant
And tomorrow sings of promise when our spirits can't
And the silver in the thunderstorm, you know
Is the flower of the field that waits to grow
Wondrous, the world is wondrous
And there's beauty burning all around and inside of us
And there's a day that lies in wait to make things new
When it comes is really up to you
Where questions burn and shadows fall
I know that fear can make a monster of us all
And when storms come that veil the stars
It's so easy to lose sight of who we are
Disfigured and afraid
In the panicked crimson glow
We weep and draw the blade
Terrified that we're alone
But we're not alone
Where ashes fly and burdens bind
The call may come to leave your innocence behind
But you can stand, you can defy
You can refuse to lose the love that's in your eyes
We strive not with the man
But the tyrant in his mind
That guides his trembling hand
And leaves the whole world blind
And I think it's time
The earth is waking from her slumber
And passion pours out of the dream
The mountains shake with raptured thunder
And from the flood we'll come out clean
There's a place I've heard called heaven
You know, it's here inside us now
And when we reach for every begging, bleeding hand
I think we'll understand
And learn to make it there somehow