Songtext The light goes on forever Bruce Cockburn

The light goes on forever

Shaman clambers up the world-dream treelooking for clues about what is to bechants and trances give his spirit wings flightwings still shackled to historythe chain of events ain't broken so easilylet me rest in the place of lightskull drum, skin stretched tightsends out ripples in the gathering nightthe deepest darkness breeds the brightest lightmusic rising from the bones of saintsfrom the pungent smell of sad, sweet poems and paintingslet me rest in the place of light
God waves a thought like you'd wave your handand the light goes on foreverthrough the seasons and through the seasthe light goes on foreverthrough the burning and the seedingthrough the joining and the partingthe light goes onforever
Gypsy searches through the cards for truthalchemist searches for eternal youthhuman reaching almost makes it but not quiteand so strike out at what the wind blows byyou live and it hurts you, you give up you dielet me rest in the place of light
Fugitives in the time before the dawnbacked up to the wall with weapons drawnlike mounted nomads, always ready for a fightthis creature that thinks and so can fake its own beinglightless mind's eye not much good for seeinglet me rest in the place of light
God waves a thought like you'd wave your handand the light goes on foreverthrough the people and through the wallsthe light goes on foreverthrough who obeys and who does notthrough who gets rich and who gets caughtthe light goes onforever
Uptight lawyer on Damascus roadbecomes a nexus where the light explodesconcentrated, overpowering sighttwo-way whirlpool churning up all timeinfinity stoops to touch the human mindlet me rest in the place of light
God waves a thought like you'd wave your handand the light goes on foreverthrough the buildings and through the hillsthe light goes on foreverthrough the struggles and the gamesthrough the nightàs empty door framethe light goes onforever