Whorl - All It Can Be

A bright old bell
That faintly glows
And sheds in sound
Like resined gold
Slow to fade
Yet not to stir
On the square's still
They will hear
Give it away
Give it all it can take
All it can be
Is all it can be
All it can be
Well if I had that bell, I would sing and I would tell
Of all the time and the wind wasting away
Caught between the face of a free meal and a disgrace
I would not have been inclined to convey
And the ship did not run slowly, nor did it run fast
But it slipped right through my hand like an hourglass
And I didn't feel it coming, a ship is all that it can be
As if a wave and a bell had crashed at sea
And if I had that bell, I would reap what I would sell
As if the seeds had begun to sow themselves
So the bell would not ring, and the wave would roll on in
Only to pay another toll and begin
And the ship did not run slowly, nor did it run fast
But it slipped right through my hand like an hourglass
And I didn't feel it coming, a ship is all that it can be
As if a wave and a bell had crashed at sea
And with that bell I would sing and ring and tell of home
On the telephone and in the square
Like a child we have no self control for a while
The half the whole and all that's full in the pile
The hour breaks and starts to shake and tick and click away
All it can be
Time is all it was and that it will ever be
Time a wave a bell and the sea

Written by:
David Tapper

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