Levi The Poet - The Dark Night Of The Soul lyrics

Growing up, the river and the mountain were
A fountain of life
For us we knew how to play in
The water and how to rest in the shade
And navigated the currents and recognized the
Way that the face of the mountain
Smiled just like our fathers
And the song of the river
Sounded just like our mothers'
And the sunsets in
The valley glowed just like our worldview
And the lightening had not yet
Torn that world in two

When I saw one of the sparrows fall I
Knew that when she hit the soil the
Earth would break like our
Heart-quake until it
Could not be called that at all

Of course the world is grey

Of course the mountain is
No longer a mountain
And the rivers have turned to snakes

I will never forget the way that her father
Writhed in the dirt the day that he
Wept over the grave he made for his daughter
After begging you to let her stay

So where is the lullaby that our doctrine
Sang? Where is the house on the
Rock when even the rock couldn't withstand
The rain? What does it mean
You who uses spit to clean
The eyes of blind men
Suddenly guilty for all that they
Have claimed to see?
It's not that I don't believe
It's just that sometimes
Faith feels more like cataracts
Than clarity please

Go gentle on me

In obscurity and silence and absurdity
And violence the quiet reminded
Me that the surest sign I don't understand is
To be sure that I do i knew more before
I knew more he said, "Just outside the room
I watched her die for
Forty-five minutes while they
Tried to revive my child and when she
Finally pulled through I thought of death and
Resurrection and how much I hated you"

I love you for it you've been gone
So long I've been raging at
The night in all it's emptiness, all
It's nothingness, all it's silent
Darkened sky i've been searching for
The sadist who keeps taking his sweet time to
Let us see, or let us leave
Or let us move on with our lives
Now that you've finally shown yourself again
I've got my fists raised high
For the bliss it
Is to finally have a christ to crucify
(and then to kiss) you let me lose my mind
And I loved you for letting me hate you
And I barely recognize the lines
The rivers make on
The mountain face or the color of your eyes

I thought that they were black and
White i thought I knew the
Creeks i thought that they were
Black and white keep forgiving

Keep forgiving

Let god be wild (Let me be free)