by seemslikeadream » Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:38 am
<!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.afterimagegallery.com/barnbaumbasin.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:teal;font-family:comic sans ms;font-size:xx-small;"><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood<br>When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud<br>I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.<br>"Come in," she said,<br>"I'll give you shelter from the storm."<br><br>And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured<br>I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word<br>In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm.<br>"Come in," she said,<br>"I'll give you shelter from the storm."<br><br>Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved<br>Everything up to that point had been left unresolved.<br>Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.<br>"Come in," she said,<br>"I'll give you shelter from the storm."<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.spacew.com/gallery/image003746.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,<br>Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail,<br>Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn. <br>"Come in," she said,<br>"I'll give you shelter from the storm."<br><br>Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there<br>With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair.<br>She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns.<br>"Come in," she said,<br>"I'll give you shelter from the storm."<br><br>Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost<br>I took too much for granted, got my signals crossed.<br>Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn.<br>"Come in," she said,<br>"I'll give you shelter from the storm."<br><br>Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount<br>But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts<br>And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn.<br>"Come in," she said,<br>"I'll give you shelter from the storm."<br><br>I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove<br>And old men with broken teeth stranded without love.<br>Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?<br>"Come in," she said,<br>"I'll give you shelter from the storm."<br><br>In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes<br>I bargained for salvation an' they gave me a lethal dose.<br>I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn.<br>"Come in," she said,<br>"I'll give you shelter from the storm."<br><br>Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line<br>Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.<br>If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born.<br>"Come in," she said,<br>"I'll give you shelter from the storm."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/srl/images/Edmundpainting.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:teal;font-family:comic sans ms;font-size:xx-small;"><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>She is benediction<br>She is addicted to thee<br>She is the root connection<br>She is connecting with he<br><br>Here I go and I don’t know why<br>I fell so ceaselessly<br>Could it be he’s taking over me...<br><br>I’m dancing barefoot<br>Heading for a spin<br>Some strange music draws me in<br>Makes me come on like some heroin/e<br><br>She is sublimation<br>She is the essence of thee<br>She is concentrating on<br>He, who is chosen by she<br><br>Here I go and I don’t know why<br>I spin so ceaselessly,<br>Could it be he’s taking over me...<br><br>She is re-creation<br>She, intoxicated by thee<br>She has the slow sensation that<br>He is levitating with she ...<br><br>Here I go and I don’t know why,<br>I spin so ceaselessly,<br>’til I lose my sense of gravity...<br><br>oh God I fell for you ...<br><br>The plot of our life sweats in the dark like a face<br>The mystery of childbirth, of childhood itself<br>Grave visitations<br>What is it that calls to us? <br>Why must we pray screaming? <br>Why must not death be redefined? <br>We shut our eyes we stretch out our arms<br>And whirl on a pane of glass<br>An afixiation a fix on anything the line of life the limb of a tree<br>The hands of he and the promise that she is blessed among women.<br><br>oh God I fell for you ...</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.maps-charts.com/images/24.12%20South%20Wall%20Lighthouse%20-%2024.12.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br> <p></p><i></i>