My Earthly Aim

 

Bang the drum and the race is on

Swallow hard and the day is done

Face the camera, choose the one

from a million painted cards

Now we begin the game:

What is my earthly aim?

 

Deal the Tarot and draw the wheel

Spokes a crossroad in fertile fields

Seek you fortune and ask the crows

what their circling eye reveals

The riddle remains the same

What is your earthly aim?

 

Circulation metastasize

illumination from soul to eyes

Call creation eroticized

Find my vision, see the light

Burning in rapture's flame --

That is my earthly aim

 

God surrounds me

walking in beauty

all around

all around

 

Roll the credits and strike the set

What's the problem, not ready yet?

No one's leaving this place alive

Speak your piece and place your bets

Desire without a name ...

That is my earthly aim

That is my earthly aim

 

published by Combustible Edison, Ltd. (BMI) © 1992

 

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