Spring it came upon us,
Every insect filled the air
Dropped their wings upon my brother,

Cast their shadows on his hair

If we follow where they're leading,

We will surely come before
Some unseen and wondrous magic
Made of visions to explore


Near the town where we were living
Lay an old abandoned farm

Every year we'd plant an orchid
In the shelter of its arm
To protect us from the madness

Of the future still to come
It will be like this forever
It will keep us safe from harm


Then they caught us in the summer
Dressed in father's finest clothes

You the hat he wore to market
I the jacket filled with holes


I've been searching all these hours
For a hand as pale as bone
That would keep the strongest sunlight

And reflect the brightest stone

Near the town where we were living

Was a warm and fragrant smell
Of that orchid we had planted
Now a forest tall and well

What a statue to our greatness
What a story all will tell
They'll remember us forever

They'll remember where we fell

This old dark machine, it shakes and it shudders

Pulls to the left, then dies near the gutter
But still in the road, the traffic is silent
The people they stare, and then they turn violent

If they should touch, the hem of your dress
I would rise like a lion, strike out again
The faithful they wait, the faithful they wait

By the sign

Near the town where we were living

Came a loud and joyous sound
As the earth and all her beauty
Picked us up from off the ground

Carried far across the mountain
To a kingdom never bound
We will live like this forever

I will love you
I will love you