When I was born I had no head
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My eye was single and my body was filled with light
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And the light that I was, was the light that I saw by
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And the light that I saw by, was the light that I was
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One light, light that is one though the lamps be many
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One light, light that is one though the lamps be many
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And many's the time that I crossed the river
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And saw no tollman and I needed no ferryman to cross
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And I enjoyed the world aright
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For the sea itself floweth
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And warm I was and crowned.
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One day walking towards the river
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I saw a tollman with an angry face
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And many's the time that I passed his tollgate
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And I paid no silver and I paid no fee
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Rather I did hide my sheep and goats under the bags of oatmeal
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And cold I was, no crown did I wear
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But if you're walking down the street
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Why don't you look down to the basement
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For sitting very quietly there is a man who has no head
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His eye is single and his whole body also is filled with light
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One light, light that is one though the lamps be many
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One light, light that is one though the lamps be many
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And as he sits there, so he will walk all among you
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And the streets are his and all the people
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And even the temples and the whole world
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And many's the time that he walks to the river
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And seeing the tollman and seeing the ferryman
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The light within him leaps to greet them
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For he sees that their faces are none but his own
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One light, light that is one though the lamps be many
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One light, light that is one though the lamps be many
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You'll never enjoy the world aright
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"Till the sea itself floweth
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In your veins till you are clothed
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With the heavens and crowned with the stars"
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You'll never enjoy the world aright
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"Till the sea itself floweth
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In your vein till you are clothed
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With the heavens and crowned with the stars"
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Douglas Traherne Harding
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| The Incredible String Band |
