I remember stumbling over a trickling stream
in the clear water I caught a reflection of me
It crept and meandered and that was its lot
but it has carved its existence from the soil and rock
And maybe one day it will rage and roar
Provide hope for lost souls on its way to the shore
all the way to the shore

So in a word to the young, in mind or body
Don't despair when you find your head bowed in defeat
cause its bulbs that sear, rather than flicker and glow
that are the ones that fade most swimmingly

like a starling chick taking its first flight
From the break of day til the dead of night
Waiving calls for caution from its mother
And descending like a meteorite

Your world's as predictable as a spinning top
It goes past in a blur and it shakes and it drops
So don't wage that futile war against gravity
Give in, darling, enjoy falling with me
And we can lie together as adjoining pieces
Of this implausibe puzzle, leave it incomplete
We'll just sleep and eat
Yeah wouldn't that be sweet

But its always night on my ocean of dreams
And its in my nature to bow to the fear
I'll trust my moral compass, keep a stern head
Remember I can't sail starward but the illusion's still here

And ill brave to take my only choice
stick to the things that I enjoy
like the simple satisfaction of skimming a stone
Seeing how far out over the water it goes