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Intro

Kaleidoscope, wheel of hope

A place to start out from

Although it started long ago

The world's work has begun

A hula hoop, a human chain

To warm our hands and find our way

When all the lights go out

A raincoat and a French beret

The rolling hills of past mistakes

Like quiet under cloud

And I will long look to the churning sea

This call to arms means wrap them

Around the first person you see

Dandelions in bullet holes

We stand in our civilian clothes

On blankets laid out on a lawn

Clouds of rain will all move on

And when the mist clears we will see

Both of our names on a marquee

Across the ocean the same day

And then washed ashore a block away

The windmill is waiting for the same thing

As the slackened sail

At the core within something like the wind

Is blowing at the veil

And I will long go on this inner sight

This call to arms means hold to it

And hold tight

Dandelions in bullet holes

We stand in our civilian clothes

On blankets laid out on a lawn

Clouds of rain will all move on

And when the mist clears we will see

Both of our names on a marquee

Across the ocean the same day

And then washed ashore a block away

Ah come on, these streams of light are not so subtle,

All along the ditch signs of life in sinking puddles.

Dandelions in bullet holes

We stand in our civilian clothes

On blankets laid out on a lawn

Clouds of rain will all move on

And when the mist clears we will see

All of our names on a marquee

Across the ocean the same day

And then washed ashore a block away

Outro