Mystery and wonder did light up the valley To be beat back by dark clouds And a harsh reeking wind And that battle staggered Through three awful months To stop for a minute Just to start up again Your hands like birds in the trees If the trees themselves were all on fire Your hips on mine make a choir Singing, "Baruch atta adonai" And the river never made it to the lake So the lake surrendered to the mountains And the mountain's heart did fucking break At the sight of your nervous hands And oh, my love, so gently breathing So my heart does softly swell So her and me did greet the evening With much red wine and giddy yells In these times of wandering soldiers Building towers on ruined field I hold my love to my belly And her feel breath fall across my hands I have grown tired of the struggle And I've grown tired of making plans I think I'll quit to the valley Regain my strength and start again Where once we were some clumsy army And now we are just lazy hens I think I'll quit to the valley Until the light moves me again So let's link arms, sisters and brothers And let's promise not to retreat Well, there is glory in our failure So let's march to the rhythm of fatigue To live our lives without leaders To live in joy without fear Let's walk together to the valley And let the lights redeem our tears