Then We Heard A Shout

First there was a shell

Then there was a pearl

Then there was a boy

Then there was a hand

Reaching

Then there was a wave

Like no other wave

Then there was a sound

Like no other sound, of

Music.

Tadadadadadadada da

dadadadadadadadadada dadadadada

dadadadadada ...

A rose is how you shall kneel

A rose is how you shall know

Then there were two or more

Gathered on the sand

Singing songs of grace

(Alleluja)

Grateful for this place of beauty (2: 34)

And the sky began to blow

And day bled into night

Our ship began to grow

The sound of tumblers changing, nearby

Then we heard a shout

(Come on!)

The air began to bow

(Footsteps pounding by)

The wind began to howl

Someone cried "Look!"

"Our mast is breaking!"

Then we heard a cry

A phoenix lifted up

So terrible to see

So terrible to hear

The ripping of our lives

The sound of music breaking

Tadadadadadadada da

dadadadadadadadadada dadadadada

dadadadadada ...

Oh let there never be separation again

Then we heard sigh

We leaned into you

The nurses walked on by

You said, "I love you more than life.

"But I'm running without pain."

Then you curled up again

Everything went white

and peaceful.

First there was a shell

Then there was a pearl

Then there was a girl

And then there was a hand

Reaching