Darkness settles on the ground
Leaves the day stumbling blind
Coming to a quiet close

And maybe just in time
We almost lost the heart to know
How to keep our best in mind

We almost lost the heart to know
How to keep our best in mind


Time has turned an angry face
Throws a dark eye back to sea
What will pass for mercy now

We practice unforgivingly
As if might and will make right
Or either one could make us free

As if might and will make right
Or either one could make us free


Lovers laugh and cross this way
Weaving out and into the street
It seems we never were so young

Or it was never quite so sweet
But the world is always beautiful
When it's seen in full retreat

The worst of life is beautiful
As it slips away in full retreat


God only knows that we can we do
No more or less than he'll allow
God only knows that we mean well

God knows that we just don't know how
But I'll try to be your light in love
And pray that is enough for now

I'll try to be your light in love
And pray that is enough for now.