THE SUBTLE WAY LYRICS - Until We Have Faces

THE SUBTLE WAY LYRICS

"Until We Have Faces"

We hang our flesh on the products of our bones

Of hot steel to stone, for our frames until we can

Distinguish our breath from our words

The prayer from the verse

The lie from the curse

Oh and how can you hear?

If my words will not sound

But instead find ways to starve your ears



Oh

If you could and if you would

Show me again, show me again where my pieces fit

And every breach is knit

Once I ordinate my coordinates

(With) Air in the lung

A slip of the tongue

Will I fall away?

Chemicals that conjugate

Will help my arms…



Set me straight

Once again until I

Have all my limbs arranged

(No) Face to face until we have faces

Face to face until then



How unaccomplished visions seem to mock my dreams

When eyes and ears tangle in the crease



I’m

In the wake and on my way

Coming along, coming along as the dots connects

And every line is met

With air in the lung

A slip of the tongue

Will I fall away?

Oh I know why, oh I know

So I know why, so why ask?



With clear wits and ready tongues

Our own words betray our lungs

Much like how we must learn to crawl before walk

We must learn to speak before we talk



Until that word finds a sound

Of what we think we mean

We can’t meet face to face

Till we have faces