It's like waking without sleeping Out of shadows into light It's like sleeping without dreaming In the valley of the night O my sister, O my sister I won't ask you not cry O my brother, O my brother I won't ask you not to lie How long how long In the cold cruel light of morning You will come to take my hand You will ask me to remember Where I'm going, where I've been How long how long Blue blue the skies Before the summer storm You say we'll be all right Who's asking Blue blue your eyes Inside the perfect storm You say we'll be all right Who's asking How long how long