Asleep on beds of leaves of grass Counting stars and sands of time This earthen vessel will not last My ghost will leave its shell behind For occult realms and other worlds In other words, I feel that I'm A pilgrim on a narrow way A mortal lead by the divine Through inner space and awkward timings Energies and essences Asking all life's deep questions Like what love is What turns lead to gold And my cold heart to flesh I can feel it in my viscera My home is somewhere else I was crying, the shadows are stretched out I was crying out, "the shadows are stretched" With acuteness of thought And precision of language I speak the truth in love You laugh in self defense It's Heaven's discretion Whether you accept I call this night witness Now choose: life or death I was crying, the shadows are stretched out I was crying out, "the shadows are stretched" I was crying, the shadows are stretched out I was crying out, "the shadows are stretched"