Kathy Mar Cathedrals Lyrics

Cathedrals Lyrics

I went down to the Cathedral of War



As the generals' service was ending



And I asked a general "What is the point?"



"Cause it looked like a game of pretending



And he frowned and sputtered and stamping his foot



Said "Young Woman, it's no game at all"



And his words were all daggers and knives



And the look in his eyes was a terrible wall







I went down to the Cathedral of Time



To pray for a better tommorow



And I lit a candle to burn at both ends



Just to light up my chasm of sorrow



And the minutes and seconds were scattered about



But they kept slipping right through my hands



And the tide washed them into the past



Flowing out of a castle of hourglass sands







I went down to the Cathedral of Song



To polish the trumpets of treason



And I stood in the aisle and answered the call



Of a songbird who sang out of season



And I shouted of honor and beauty and truth



In the eyes of each woman and man



And I spoke of the gifts we are blind to in youth



Which we find at the heart of the Plan







I went down to the Cathedral of Death



But the Well of the Souls had run dry



And I knelt with the penitents praying and pale



And I stood with the ghost of a sigh



And the carousel horses and caravan gypsies



Were dancing away out the door



And the honey of hope fell in strings



From the tips of my fingers and dropped on the floor







I never go to Cathedrals at all



Or at least any more than I must



And I know when my moment of dancing is done



I'll dissolve into starlight and dust



And the lessons I've learned



Will be lost in the night



And my heart will lie empty and cold



But the love that I give will live on



Like the light of a dawn made of amber and gold



















Words and music:Kathy Mar







Copyright 2002 Kathy Mar