Saint Mad - Not For A Long Time lyrics

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Not long ago you choked back tears as the planet tilted, tipped towards wars.

And now we stand at the garden's edge and search the skies for Mars.

A blood red warrior close at hand is seldom hard to find

But we will never be this close again

Not for a very long time

He's not so red against the moon who fills and empties, joys and sorrows

Who even in her dimmest night swears more light more bright tomorrows

Are the forces that align us here cosmically designed?

And will they let us be this close again?

Not for a very long time

Not for a long time not for a long time not for a very long time

Not for a long time not for a long time not for a very long time

So many dreams are pinned upon these bodies in the sky,

As if their movements could direct the way our futures lie.

Elliptical, predictable, they move in close then pull away.

They're not divine, just for a time, they hold us in their starry sway

The fabled heroes of the skies are shepherds' stories, farmers' lies.

But we who tend the plots below can see the truth if we are wise.

For though our glow is dim and brief, no body can eclipse our shine.

And we would never trade our place for theirs,

Not for a very long time

Not for a long time not for a long time not for a very long time

Not for a long time not for a long time not for a very long time

Not for a long time not for a long time not for a very long time

Thanks to Martha Michael, author for correcting these lyrics