A Single Spark (Live from the Luck and Strange Concerts)

These days of wild uncertain times

I ask the empty skies

Who will keep things rolling?

Who to sing Hosannas to?

The temple calls

But I can't see what use

My prayers will be

And will this world keep rolling

With only good intentions?

Still, it fills the eye

This line of stone

Incense, icons coming on strong

Here comes splendour, hallowed air

And is it wonder or

Despair bends my knee

The day's dying flame

Motes in its beam glitter and blaze

Say, isn't it true that it's

All through in a single spark

Between two eternities?

I'll watch the moon

Kick off my shoes

Reach for my old guitar

Fed on milk and honeydew

What things can we undo?

Desire bends my knee

The dying embers flame

Hungry to believe

But, just the same

Isn't it true that it's all through

In a single spark between

Two eternities?

Bittersweet the night's embrace

I'm thankful and afraid

So pray to keep things rolling

I've only good intentions