To Carry the Flame

Under the dirt Down to the stone Down where the ants And the worms call home There is the place Where we began Replaced the clay with a foreign sand To carry the flame Up through the earth To harness the fire Inside the hearth Into the air See the embers fly The fiery ashes burning out in the sky Smoke fills the air It's in everything They smell the wild blaze as the cinders sing To carry the flame Up through the earth To harness the fire Inside the hearth Higher higher burning fire Making music like a choir Burn the follies of my youth All my vices and untruths The bricks glow red On into the night We'll watch it burning til the morning light