Kathy Mar Cathedrals lyrics

Cathedrals by Kathy Mar

Cathedrals lyrics

I went down to the Cathedral of War 
As the generals' service was ending 
And I asked a general "What is the point?" 
"Cause it looked like a game of pretending 
And he frowned and sputtered and stamping his foot 
Said "Young Woman, it's no game at all" 
And his words were all daggers and knives 
And the look in his eyes was a terrible wall 

I went down to the Cathedral of Time 
To pray for a better tommorow 
And I lit a candle to burn at both ends 
Just to light up my chasm of sorrow 
And the minutes and seconds were scattered about 
But they kept slipping right through my hands 
And the tide washed them into the past 
Flowing out of a castle of hourglass sands 

I went down to the Cathedral of Song 
To polish the trumpets of treason 
And I stood in the aisle and answered the call 
Of a songbird who sang out of season 
And I shouted of honor and beauty and truth 
In the eyes of each woman and man 
And I spoke of the gifts we are blind to in youth 
Which we find at the heart of the Plan 

I went down to the Cathedral of Death 
But the Well of the Souls had run dry 
And I knelt with the penitents praying and pale 
And I stood with the ghost of a sigh 
And the carousel horses and caravan gypsies 
Were dancing away out the door 
And the honey of hope fell in strings 
From the tips of my fingers and dropped on the floor 

I never go to Cathedrals at all 
Or at least any more than I must 
And I know when my moment of dancing is done 
I'll dissolve into starlight and dust 
And the lessons I've learned 
Will be lost in the night 
And my heart will lie empty and cold 
But the love that I give will live on 
Like the light of a dawn made of amber and gold