Journey into Light

Hope and fear colliding every minute of the day;
we're so tied up in struggle we can't see another way.
Terror lurks around the corner, growling in the dark
‘til Beauty snaps her fingers and consumes it with her spark.

Students storm the gates of Heaven as they pursue the dream;
you can't avoid the current once you jump into the stream.
Beyond the smoke and bloodshed, beyond the pain and lies,
a rose grows in the garden and the Sun burns in the skies.

We're all on a journey into light
let go of the struggle, let go of your fright.
The shadows will fade and the stars will shine so bright,
all around us on our journey into light.

The future struggles with the past as the world spins round and round.
We're bombarded with the images til our circuits just break down.
But underneath the surface the healing power spreads,
emerging like the phoenix when the fires are cold and dead.

We're all on a journey into light
let go of the struggle, let go of your fright.
The shadows will fade and the stars will shine so bright,
all around us on our journey into light.

In the darkness of the night when we drift off to sleep,
our bodies gain awareness of the secrets that we keep.
Our souls fly up to heaven on a journey to the stars
and in the brilliance of the passage we find out who we are.

We're all on a journey into light
let go of the struggle, let go of your fright.
The shadows will fade and the stars will shine so bright,
all around us on our journey into light.

July 1989, Austin TX