I. Faint Heart Faint heart World can wait for the weary hands to learn it's too late But I'm spit and I'm rough dirt What do you want from me? Faint heart Tip of my tongue A song like youth: wasted on the young And it's over and over What kind of father could I be? Faint heart Rain to the spark At last my light, giving in to dark And the thought of it crumbling to dust - no, I was not done Faint heart I beg she won't see the coward, the cur, maybe this is me These hands shaped stone But I'm scared like you wouldn't believe Faint heart Only a glimpse I was wrong, take it back, just let this one live Then it hits me like ice to the bone What if I'm just like him? Good god Give me the strength that I need not to be To fight, not to flee Or succumb to the beast underneath What if he's just like me? naked in the wild All was reconciled When I held my child II. A Few Peaceful Years Quiet mind Peace... Reach... Quiet mind Be at peace... Reach... We are the fire that whispers our mother's words Help me, love, help me to finish it We are the soil that joy gave form We are the dream, and these are my father's hands Help me, love, help me to finish it We are the soil that joy gave form III. The Boy and the Broken Wheel Rising waves cry "he'll go first..." He'll go first (You know it al all that's left of your dream) [You know that it is true] Is all this nothing to you? [Hope sings to the dust of you] Fear... (What if they were right?) [He was always the better] He was always the better [The thief who shapes the world.] The thief who shapes the images you dreamed [Dreamed for nothing] All unfinished dreams... For nothing (The images you dreamed were for nothing...) (Take back what's yours, don't keep me waiting) [Take back what's yours, don't keep me waiting] Just take back what's yours, don't keep me waiting No more hope, broken pieces in your hands [In your weary hands] Waves rushing in I'm waiting I wait He sees me Waves receding The child, healing my hurt, one day at a time I'd feared it Just like me The child, healing my hurt, one day at a time Storm's distant I'm still closer than ever I'm healing my hurt One day I'll repay this kindness Oh, he sees me Whole Her voice is telling me To breathe and let it be, the lion Heed my words The man arise from earth The life the lie is worth, the liar Heed my words, you'll go first The wound that would not heal The boy, the broken wheel, the lion Heed my hurt The wind that whips the waves The spit, the second grave, the liar Heed my hurt, you'll go first We are the fire that whispers our mother's words Help me, love, help me to finish it We are the soil that joy gave form We are the dream, and these are my father's hands Help me, love, help me to finish it We are the soil that joy gave form Waves receding, and faith is fading like the sun The work left undone IV. Hands Shape Stone Greed brought us here Soon, blood to soil Now that has been taken from me Tell me it was all for nothing Alright Play the part, the eyes, the witness That I can touch you deep, can you feel this? Alright Breathe and let it be Carving out the world that you stole Bite down on it, dig a new hole O hands I beg you, break stone beneath me Knowing that she won't forgive me Not this time, not again But she married my anger too And what am I to stay to my son now? My work undone... Hands shape stone Reconcile