Please take a seat   Let me tell you both a tale of love and hope   It's a story that you may have heard before   Told as mythical lore   But this translation is clear   Unlike the embellishments that have reached your ears      There was a boy who shared your bones   Your eager blood, your affinity for love   He had it all in his hands   And he watched it all turn to sand      If this boy they speak of sincerely sits atop my family tree   Then I was truly meant to leave the dark   Down this path set out in front of me   I will reunite this world's divided halves, fulfill my history   This is more than divine decree, it's my destiny      Digging 'round the deep, only missing out on sleep   Chasing 'bout my head like the wolf that found the sheep   Don't go digging 'round there, you be slipping bit too much   Milling muck and mud with the mind that lost its touch      I been traveling 'bout in time, never stepping out for much   Deepest of the deep with the wolf that lost those sheep   Because it's more than a little but less than a bunch   Found their way around with the blind that lost its touch      The choices he made that day   To burn down the world he'd helped create   Don't be scared, kid, you're gifted   Follow this stream and live out that prophecy      Watch out for the wicked ones   Who call themselves beloved ones   Beware of the medicine   Before you lay your head again   Watch out for the wicked ones   Who call themselves beloved ones      So they arrived at the doctor's camp, his crude shack   A shanty with walls of broken glass   Light leaking through the shattered cracks   And though he was cordial the young couple was doubtful      If this boy they speak of sincerely sits atop my family tree   Then I was truly meant to leave the dark   Down this path set out in front of me      For the longshoremen had warned them   To keep a close eye on their adored ones   But they had journeyed for a reason   They were here for the medicine      To cure the infection   But nothing could prepare him   For the events that would ensnare them   All he could do is trust what he knew   He would listen to his gut and live for his love