Ian Perry - On the Border of Daylight Lyrics

On the border of daylight
In the blank world of the dawn
A new man's getting ready to rise
His bones ache, his arms stretch
His lungs take a deep breath
He lifts up his head and opens his eyes

I breath in the lightened air
And breath out the dust and waste
Of a long and dreamless sleep
As the first shreds of sunlight
Fall on my still face
The earth becomes fertile, awake and alive

The naming of names
The sending to sleep
The rib taken out on the sly
The waking, the seeing
The wanting, the needing
The sudden awakening of desire

There is the promised land
In the sweet taste of morning
And there is redemption in its eyes
As every new second
Trips over the last one
The earth becomes fertile, awake and alive