Robert Hunter - Ariel lyrics

The silver fox has shed its tail now Left it by the frozen water The leaves were drifting down Now they are gone, gone, gone I draw milady's carriage Ever since her horse retired I don't think I can pull much longer I've never been this tired before Up jump the black chain dancers Empty hands that grasp for answers Fasten on to one another, fly Fly away Ariel is sweetly singing Wait you, just one more season You're not blind, you only hide your Eyes within your hands, within your hands Ariel, Ariel Ariel, Ariel There is no night like this night Where candles burn through daylight Minds restrained by golden tethers fade Fade away The sun objects with smiling sadness Roman highways laced in diamonds Sink like grave Atlantis into Dreams of other days they fade away Monuments to crippled madness Puppets dangle in the treetops The cold magician carves his voice in stone Then flies away, then flies away Ariel sings overhead Deaf men mouth the words she's said But they don't hear the songs she's singing now Oh no, not now Ariel, Ariel Ariel, Ariel As wild and unholy place As any place I've ever been You can knock and knock and knock No one comes to let you in, no one comes As solid and as fine a floor As any floor I've walked upon Broke beneath my footsteps I've got no place left to stand, not any more Loves to love and not to chain Some are lost but some remain Nothing can replace the light That once has died turned to night, no one can If I had the sense to know Which things count and which are show I'd hold my fate within my hands Instead of all these chains and bands Yes, I would Ariel, Ariel Ariel, Ariel Ariel, Ariel Ariel, Ariel Ariel, Ariel Ariel, Ariel ...