I dreamed that a fire from our bed spread all through town But in the morning the house still was cold A magnificent dream, nonetheless revelatory So suddenly met by tomorrow’s sunny window No breakfast, no time, off to town, no delay We need the fire there to warm up our sad bones If we greet them with warmth, they may grant us welcome Though each of us must walk all next to our lonesome Trees by the roadside gravely loom and feign to hide New buildings, eye-catching like bad food packaging In their parking lots, cans and bottles echo soft And shiny paint jobs rest on the mid-price cars So much depends on each separate perception Each soul’s made the god of a separate creation All the modern masters don’t know the power they hold Even they must be tricked, and think they walk alone Giving all their best and being uncompensated, Lamenting that they only wished to belong but get enslaved My god, what has become of the world we could share? This world of ours that’s now yours and mine
Once again in the west we watch the sun setting My heart went with it then and night fell on what’s left of me