[Verse 1]
Long is the river
Flowing to the sea
And in my blood a shiver
Rising in me
Across the horizon
Far beyond the sky
Is a land that I dream of
Where a sparrow takes flight

And you come to me like a flame
I warm my hands on the breath of life
Still haunted by the cold [?] came
Torn between the love and the sorrow inside
And you came to me like a thorn
A garland of roses around my head
Sweet and sacred as the sun
Beautiful till my fingers bled

[Chorus]
Under the black
Under the night
Under the darkest thing you know
There is a light
There is a fire
There is an everlasting glow
And I'll meet you there
Where the lilac grows
And we'll dance and sing
Under the rising moon
[Verse 2]
And there is a place I know
Where a songbird sings high upon a hill
I can hear her from the knoll
When my breath is quiet
And the air is still

[Chorus]
Under the black
Under the night
Under the darkest thing you know
There is a light
There is a fire
There is an everlasting glow
And I'll meet you there
Where the lilac grows
And we'll dance and sing
Under the rising moon

[Verse 3]
And you leave me now for awhile
Long is the journey to the other side
But I am comforted still
When I think of you smiling like a child