Pilgrimage

1. This line is burning
Turning to ash as it hits the air
Every step is a day in the week
It's a Sunday or Monday
A march over months of the year.

This life is burning
Turning to ash as it hits the air
Every death is an end in the race
It's a stopping and starting
A march over millions of years.

[Chorus:]
Travel. Arrival
Years of an inch and a step
Toward a source
I'm coming to you
I'll be there in time.

2. This land is burning
Turning to ash as it hits the air
Every line is a place on a map
It's a city or valley
A mark on these miles of fields.

3. This line is burning
Turning to ash as it hits the air
Every step is a day in the week
It's a Wednesday or Thursday
A march over months of the year.

[Coda:]
I'm coming to you
I'll be there in time.

Take this
Mute mouth
Broken tongue
Now this
Dark life
Is shot through with light.