I mount up with waxen wings High to reach the sun And I am no further than When I first begun So, I build a mount of Athos To shape Your form against the sky With my home in your hands to show all the people why To show all the people why Everything I do It's not enough for You Everything I do It's not enough It's not enough for You In the garden of my pride The lamented lime tree Too stupid to cry for rain Fruitless and choked out by weeds So, I write a book of life Using the best words I can find For some struggler to snuggle up When the world becomes unkind When the world becomes unkind
Everything I do It's not enough for You Everything I do It's not enough It's not enough for You I find direction in eastbound clouds And long for what they might have But when I step into its midst Its substance, I cannot grasp So, I paint a portrait of You As if you had human disguise With oil and canvas to be clay To open up their eyes Like you opened up my eyes Everything I do It's not enough for You Everything I do It's not enough It's not enough for You Everything I do It's not enough for You Everything I do It's not enough It's not enough for You