For Good and All - Lyrics - Cardiacs

Lost my chance and lost my home Lost my energies hole Leaves me bod and leaves me soul Leaves me lingering whole Leaves me lingering whole She sustains cruel delicate care For all her daughters feathers and fur Unite as one to march at our side To find the place where is to lie Leaf and bark bone and hair Turn to seed 'neath her stare Seed to burst soar and rise Ours for love is the care Tending each everywhere And she turns her water slow Across her face all creatures glow Heaven holds her breath to dear To shake the shade from all of our fear And put to rest another year Timelike pulse shakes fierce through chain With banks spread calm to reach her flame And all is hushed through foul and din Save for the whir and chime within Prying eyes it's what you need A friend that hides is friend indeed It leaves me bod It leaves me soul And leaves me lingering whole Lost my chance and lost my home Lost my energies hole Leaves me bod and leaves me soul Leaves me lingering whole Leaves me lingering whole She sustains cruel delicate care For all her daughters feathers and fur Unite as one to march at our side To find the place where is to lie Leaf and bark bone and hair Turn to seed 'neath her stare Seed to burst soar and rise Ours for love is the care Tending each everywhere Thoughts and things devoid of soul Unwind all creatures from the coil We cast our coals to star the sky And rake our ashes heaven high All species come to bring her near Above and below the horizon Hung rich with dreams to wreath her brow For good and all to recall All species come to bring her near Above and below the horizon Hung rich with dreams to wreath her brow For good and all to recall