Lyrics
Well, once upon a sinkhole
A prince who'd lost his people
Slipped out through daddy's keyhole late one night
With no land left to fight for
Nor love quite fit to mate for
The crown felt far too tight to slip from sight
But when the stars came calling
So free and free for falling
Their sparkling arcs across the sky
Like fireflies on fixtures
Like drops of devil's tincture
He'd drink their liquor and go blind
He'd lay for days in wonder
And crawl through caves of slumber
While happily ever under, gone for days
But in his dreams, a lover
Sprang forth from under covers
A crest of deafening color, songs and rays
With stripes and spotted feathers
A storm of sunny weather
She smiled as if forever high
But in her eyes were embers
Of memories long dismembered
Of sparks so clever, tempers rise
So he made to understand her
In all her grace and grandeur
While flames that only fan her rise and fall
And though the fire burned down
He raked the coals and turned down
The steady breath of learning, rise and fall
'Cause surely as tomorrow
Has yesterday to borrow
A light to follow through the caves
Through dark and ancient paintings
Of children's rants and ravings
Her lantern eyes might light the way
Her lantern eyes might light the way
Her lantern eyes might light the way
Her lantern eyes might light the way