Life by Light
I look to your heart
Seen only in part
But then I've
Shared both its gloom
And its laughter
We search of the same
And crawling
We lurch for its flame
But sprawling
We lay in the dark
Awaiting answers
Answers
Searing light now, come light
Searing light now, come light
It's taken us years
So many tears were falling
Washing away all that mattered
Remembered at last – desire
A spark from our past, a fire
That rose from our midst
And left us longing
At times we see it almost clearly
At times it fades before our eyes
The glimpse withdrawn
The world turns common
It's out of reach until we name it
Searing light now, come light
Searing light now, come light
Beyond the deeps of time
I remember a place
In the cool of evening we walked
Life by life
Searing light now, come light
Sing to the light
Searing light now, come light
Sing to the light
Up the storm-swept heights we climbed
As if our doom followed
Men may mock
Climb, though men may mock
Longing for things
Never even named, never seen by man
Some transcendency, some desire divine
If it, if it can be longed for, surely
Surely it must exist
Climb with me till we see those heights
They must exist
They must exist
Longing, sweet desire
If we search for something not of earth
Then we search out this cold rock in vain