Nether

[Intro] x3 [Verse] At the turn of the year came a turn in the weather A storm blew down the old ash tree And opened a way to the nether       Riven world was plain to see Eons hid her in plain sight The storm she gave eyes to you and me           [Chorus] To love the light that fired a spark You must first have been buried in the deep down dark The deep down dark The deep down dark [Verse] So we followed the line of a barn owl’s flight In those days in those distant days And set sail for the nether on the river of night         Waves like wolves in the shadows ablaze Black hail struck like hammer blows When again will the dead see the bright sun’s rays?        [Chorus] To love the light that fired a spark You must first have been buried in the deep down dark The deep down dark The deep down dark [Verse] Deep in the nether where the river slows Reading a map with too many folds You were pulled down forever by the undertows       Till you lift me out of the water’s jaws Up through a gap in the roof of the night And my bones grow again in the upper light     The pus flies on my skin roots pull me apart     I am green to my eyes and green to my heart   [Chorus] To love the light that fired a spark You must first have been buried in the deep down dark The deep down dark The deep down dark