Ordinary Man A breath above the earth, below the skies Feels a gentle grasp cut by roughened edge Return to children's dreams the soft round pearls inside Reaching in to smooth, define in compromise Accept what is and warn with warmest pledge A breath above the earth, below the skies As holy I was made, as you, turn from change's lies And break upon the learning, all break from knowledge Return to children's dreams the soft round pearls inside Only silver's earthly shine adorns without disguise Sharing the harm of you, don't begrudge A breath above the earth, below the skies Mirror, my solitude, the dance, your garden's wild flower sighs Beg to learn to bend with wind, not judge Return to children's dreams the soft round pearls inside Skin become stone, a perch for lightning flies To sit, break me to sand, slide down abyss's edge A breath above the earth, below the skies Return to children's dreams the soft round pearls inside
