Valley Clouds

Why don't we go slow below the valley clouds

Our edges worn round and sacred now

All in time, all promises were not the same

We left flowers in the field and our tears were plain

Bend to the wind

It'll baptize your skin until your music is tender

Tender as trees

For the truth we believed, it's the wind we remember

We were overcome

Spinning in the wheels

Hitting bottom in the wellspring mud

Crying to the cold until we felt the Sun

Home was up a hill but our weary legs could run

When we closed our eyes

We could see the serpent and the savior laying side by side

Heaven was a corner where we tried to hide

Our running would be long and our river would be wild

Feel this flag

Let's ring another freedom bell

Our backs were to the sound but its sermon held

All things wild

Draw cups until the water's cold

Our memories are Christ and our hearts are clothes

Bend to the wind

It'll baptize our skin until our music is tender

Tender as trees

For the tears when we leave, it's the wind we'll remember

Spinning in the wheels

Hitting bottom in the wellspring mud

Crying to the cold until we feel the Sun

Home is up a hill where these weary legs could run

When we close our eyes

See the serpent and her favorite savior laying side by side

Every heaven only you and I could find

Our running will be long and our river will be wild

Wild

Bells come back

We'll name a star we know all night

What valley is our claim when our coin is sky