The Promethean Spark

Lead skies hung over rigid structures Glazed in rain and city lights Murmuring chatter of man and machine Slid like lava through swarming nights And I could have stayed there Within the confines of order Serenity filled the clockwork temples A world observed through architectural eyes Civilization in chiseled perfection Divine chaos in symmetrical guise And I could have stayed there Within the confines of order I could have thrived there Never crossing the border But I had seen the vibrant sheen The eye's inherent alchemy Intoxicated rhapsody The seeds of madness deep inside My mind defied ferocious flames Of boundless possibility To reason and tranquillity Alas, my heart could not abide And I could smell the earth beneath the temples In every raindrop, taste the mountain stream Like hearts that roam enchanted forests A hunter transfigured in a dream (In a dream, in a dream, in a dream) I had seen the vibrant sheen The eye's inherent alchemy Intoxicated rhapsody The seeds of madness deep inside My mind defied ferocious flames Of boundless possibility To reason and tranquillity Alas, my heart could not abide