Flesh

As the bell must strike the hour

As the west must stab the sun

So our hearts must heed the flow

Of deeper tides that run

Far beyond this bare indifference

That prosperity esteems

Where the spirit raves and dances

Through our very veins

At winter's edge you found me

By the fields of wild gold

My hands still filled with ashes

From fires long cold

You pulled me from the wreckage

Of bitterness and blame

Flung open the page

And put some flesh on the bones of my dreams

On the streets the blossom snowing

And the drum is beating slow

To hear you speak so clear

Well I'm slicing through the fear

And setting all the beacons blazing oh!

It's staring out plainer than ever

Brighter than all the fool's gold that gleams

It's simply now or never

Putting flesh on the bones of my dreams

Putting flesh on the bones of my dreams

Putting flesh on the bones of my dreams

And they can plunder the cave of sorrows

They can strip the gallery bare

Try to build a fence around the visions

In our heads, choke every spark

In a cloak of despair

But we got something they can't stifle

With their price tags and picture frames

Got a flower for every rifle

Putting flesh on the bones of my dreams