Closer To The Light

Bruce Cockburn

There you go

Swimming deeper into mystery

Here I remain

Only seeing where you used to be

Stared at the ceiling

'Til my ears filled up with tears

Never got to know you

And suddenly you're out of here



Gone from mystery into mystery

Gone from daylight into light

Another step deeper

Into darkness

Closer to the light



Walked outside

Summer moon was nearly down

Mist on the fields

Holy stillness all around

Death's no stranger

No stranger than the life I've seen

Still I cried

Still I begged to get you back again



Gone from mystery into mystery

Gone from daylight into light

Another step deeper

Into darkness

Closer to the light