Big Country Seer Lyrics

Seer Lyrics

Long ago I beard a tale

I never wilt forget

The time was in the
telling

On the bank the scene was set



The sky was rolling
blindly on

The daylight had not gone

She washed her hair among the
stones

And saw what was to come



All this will pass

There will be blood among the corn

And heroes in the hills

But
there is more to come my boy

Before you've had your fill



Men
will come and rope the sail

As though it were their own

And they
will bathe their feet in oil

As I have bathed my own



All
this will pass

All things must come

Just as I tell you here



Stones will stand together

As if searching for the stars

And all come crashing down again

Before they reach too far



She turned to face the setting sun

I turned to walk away

But then
she called my name again

And beckoned me to stay



All this
will pass

All things must come

Just as I tell you here



She told me of the famous sons

Who write their names in peace

Yet
be cut down before the time

Has come for our release



Just as
I tell you here



Even now

I wait for the coming day

Even now

She waits in the dawn



For the tales she tells

For the gifts that she will sell

For the sight she knows

For a
vision that still grows

With the dream in her eyes no one's seen



I listened for so long that day

That I can hardly tell

If
what she said was heaven sent

Or brought to bear in hell



That men of hope would stand alone

And still be cast a lie

Just
as Romans cast them

On the day they were to die



All this
will pass



There is more of what she told

Much better left
alone

For who are we to question her

Who stands among the stones