Here we stand   Thorns and leaves of memory   Clouds of life's illusion   Pass across the sky   And here to fall   Down to the essence of ourselves   Desert of the second dawn   Deep in the night of dreams      Burn away in reverie   Sink again into that pain   Visions born of the evergreen   Rise again, oh rise again      Here we weave   Dark threads of destiny   Clouds of disillusion   Weep into the soul   And if we see   Through all life's mystery   Come to the clearing of ourselves   The dark house of the world      Burn away in reverie   Sink again into that pain   Visions born of the evergreen   Rise again, oh rise again      White stones of light   Bright bows of the angel's fire   To take this burden cruel   And thread it into wings      Burn away in reverie   Sink again into that pain   Visions born of the evergreen   Rise again, oh rise again