When the night pulled back the bedcovers
And I sat knees-up ashaking
Seeking a sign sublime
My mind looking for the time
My body athrob with an Eternal rhyme
The windows, the windows did bulge with something unborn
Something I couldn’t name
Something I could not contain

O When the night pulled back the bedcovers
And inside and outside were lovers
And exhale was inhale
I did cry out for having so much and for wanting more
And for having done all this before

O When the night pulled back the bedcovers
And I arose from the ruins of my dreams
And the Dark came rushing in, spilling its stars
I did cry out for having so much and for wanting more
And for having done all this before

O When the night pulled back the bedcovers
And my breath was not mine
And I knew, knew the Holy Design
And the Dark stormed my room so strangely bright
And my spine was a stem so green and so, so white
I did, I did give the night my hand
And let it lead me through a wild of shadowland

O When the night pulled back the bedcovers
And inside and outside were lovers
And exhale was inhale
And I glimpsed a love that could not fail
A love that was both ocean and sail
I did cry out for having so much and for wanting more
And for having done all this before
And still I await the great night shining wild
The great night so ripe with child
An undreaming love inviting me to shed my fear
Inviting me to give the night my hand
Until I cannot help but look through the eyes
Of every face of every shadowland

O Surrounded by womb was I
The walls all aquiver
My mind no longer looking for the time
My body athrob with an Eternal rhyme
New growth running wild and velvet through my room
The windows, the windows a shattering of light
And my whole being did shiver and quake
Until my frame of mind did break
And I was in body what I was in spirit
The great night shining wild
The great night forever full of child