Iron & Wine - Biting Your Tail lyrics

May your eyes be wide and seeing May you learn from the view where you're kneeling Know the fear of the world that you're feeling Is the fear of a slave May you know how the fight was started Want as much from the snake as the garden Wear them both like a glove that you can't wave May your mouth betray your wisdom May you get what they failed to mention May your love be your only religion Preach it to us all May you lose what you offer gladly May you worship the time and it's pa**ing Stars wont ever wait for you to watch them fall We're the smoke on a burnt horizon We're the boat on a tide that's rising Both the post and the pig you're untying The butcher gone for the blade Someday we may all be happy Someday all make a face worth slapping Someday we may be shocked to be laughing At the way we behave May your hands be strong and willing May you know when to speak and to listen May you find every friend that you're missing There's no check in the mail May you end there bruised and purple Know that peace is the shape of a circle Around and around you go, biting your tail Little children, the wind is whipping Short hands on a clock still ticking Both the egg and the red fox grinning His belly full for the day Someday we may all want nothing And all forget that we'll get what's coming Someday I'll say the world was something That we just couldn't change May your tongue be something wicked Know your part in the calf and the k**ing See straight through the captain you're kissing Helm loose in his hand May your words be well worth stealing Put your hand on your heart when singing The choir's sick of the song but they've still got to stand