A Man Called Flint
[Intro]
Trapped in your shell
dreaming
waiting.
You spent your whole life
contemplating.
[Pre-Chorus]
You had so much experience,
beauty, intellect, passion and wit.
But when I looked in your heart,
It was as if the light had gone out,
it was as if the fire had never been lit.
[Interlude]
[Verse]
We talked and talked,
And the brightness grew
Until no shadow remained in my mind.
Like a luminary atop a lighthouse roof.
you shone so bright,
you made me blind.
My visions were driven by the same wind.
that fills the sails of merchant ships.
But what of your soul?
isn't that supposed to shine
like a drop of dew placed on your lips?.
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
You had so much experience,
beauty, intellect, passion and wit.
But when I looked in your heart,
It was as if the light had gone out,
it was as if the fire had never been lit.
[Verse]
Your words shattered my glacial exterior,
My feelings raced to keep up.
Faster and faster you poured out your love
until it overflowed from the rim of my cup.
My visions were driven by the same wind.
that fills the sails of merchant ships.
But what of your soul?
isn't that supposed to shine
like a drop of dew placed on your lips?.
[Bridge]
If your mind is a prison
and materialism the jailor,
would you give it all away for love?.
To taste the infinite freedom
of an Easterly wind
under the wings of a snow white dove?
If the answer is yes.
let humility be your master.
and let love come set you free…
From all the chains of this world
and all who are slaves to lust,
profit
and human misery.
[Outro]
[Chorus]
You had so much to offer
so much intelligence and wit
But when I looked in your heart,
It was as if the light had gone out,
it was as if the fire had never been lit.
Outro
Copyright Taun A. Richards 2009
