Midnight - Monkey Song lyrics

Well, I came across the monkey Down by the railroad tracks It seemed to me he was in need Of a ride upon my back And he offered me a bottle And he offered me a sack And we crossed that mighty river And we never looked back But his claws are sharp as needles There's scars across my back But he never would forsake me Like so many others have There's a storm across the valley It's rolling through the trees I'm just looking for some shelter For my little friend and me So, I feel the same; I cursed the rain And walked some more into the forest Deeper than I'd seen before It was like a full moonlit snow fallen dream In a cave high on the mountain I found an angel with an axe He was waiting for a sign from God To know to attack And we sat around his fire Telling stories, drinking wine But he spoke to me in riddles So I spoke to him in rhymes And I sang him a story About the lady that I love How I gave her all I had What I had was not enough And he stood in the fire And he spoke an ancient prayer When that thunder rolled the rocks below We knew that God was there So we followed him in silence Down across the canyon wall He was floating in a cloud of light Above the waterfall So we'd sat there for hours In the flowers ‘neath this tree Just the angel and the monkey And the one you know as me Then God floated down To the flowers ‘neath this tree And he looked at me And he asked me a question “What is love and what is pain?” And I told him that I didn't know ‘Cause it all feels the same And the smile of God was amazing As he hammered in the nails But the pain felt like forgiveness I was going quite insane He said, “The pain will make you stronger And the blood'll keep you warm.” I'm just looking for some shelter Shelter from this storm And ease the pain Stand in the rain You felt before Don't be afraid to make the change Erase the blame Oh, you've gotta let it go Ease the pain Erase the blame And make a change, son You've gotta let her go