Simon Joyner - Farewell To A Percival lyrics

So you planned to chip away at trouble But it left you standing in the rubble Now your tears are trapped in crystal puddles With a stone portrait of your double And if you begged me to remain around Would grief keep tearing at your gown All the sadness waltzing around your frown Well, it's bound to bring some ceilings down Now there ain't no reason my heart will hear So you can shed the pickax and climbing gear But please don't stand and watch my back disappear As I fade into the mountains there Whose to say the sky is mean If it stands between you and your kingdom? They say some things are meant to be seen And some things are meant to be kept hidden All those saints who feed on virtue are ruthless Saying you need a deed to be so virtuous And guilt is vainly plainly discouraged As we kow-tow to their courage But I saw the glorious white arch fall And the great soldier children were crushed and all The townspeople looked and saw their shadows And then had to stay inside and drain their pillows Then I had a dream seven nights in a row You were following me through all these doomed places I go Well I knew I was weak but I guess I didn't know I was in need of a guardian angel Whose to say the sky is mean If it stands between you and your kingdom? They say some things are meant to be seen And some things are meant to be kept hidden The river I follow has turned so small I can't hardly swallow any strength at all And the pale fish rotting in its muddy walls I know they lost their eyes before they stalled So I search and I yearn and I barely breathe And the person who once knew you is no longer me With my torn yellow map and my dry canteen I can't stop to count my blessings Or the curved lines of longitude I burned as if they were fuses To pa** the mirage and land the oasis Where I'm going to fill up all these empty spaces Whose to say the sky is mean If it stands between you and your kingdom? They say some things are meant to be seen And some things are meant to be kept hidden To pa** the mirage and land the oasis Where I'm going to fill up all these empty spaces And free myself of these earthly races I'll send you my thirst first and then the laces Of my shoes