Dar Williams The Mercy Of The Fallen Lyrics

The Mercy Of The Fallen Lyrics

oh my fair north star



i have held to you dearly



i had asked you to steer me



till one cloud scattered night



i got lost



and in my travels



i met Leo the lion



met a king and met a giant



with their errant light







there's the wind and the rain



and the mercy of the fallen



who syay they have no claim to know what's right



there's the weak and the strong



and the beds that have no answer



and that's where i may rest my head tonight







i saw all the bright people



in imposing flocks they langed



and they got what they demanded



and they scratched at the ground



then they flew and the field



grew as sweetly for the flightless



who had longing yet despite this



they could hear every sound







there's the wind and the rain



and the mercy of the fallen



who syay they have no claim to know what's right



there's the weak and the strong



and the beds that have no answer



and that's where i may rest my head tonight







if your sister or your brother



were stumbling on their last mile



in a self-inflicted exile



you'd hope they'd meet a humble friend



and i hope someday 



that the best of Falstaff's planners



give me seven half-built manors



where half-dreams may dream without end







there's the wind and the rain



and the mercy of the fallen



who say they have no claim to know what's right



there's the weak and the strong



and the many stars to guide us



we have some of them inside us