Further Up, Further In

I dreamed the wind came to my house These are the words fell from his mouth: "The king you seek, you'll find him true But only if he rides the road with you" Further up, further in Further up, further in I stepped aboard a ship that flew It took me wherever it wanted to Far above land, far above sea The dreamer and the doer agreed to agree I was sent to the war, stripped of my power Gagged and imprisoned in a tall dark tower I must have cried for an age or more 'Till I saw through tears and I found the door High on a cliff in gorgeous clothes A madman danced on the balls of his toes Forgetting myself I fell at the feet Of the greatest fool I ever did meet The stars were bright and magic afoot On the summer wind rose the sound of a flute I saw the musician, my heart knew him well What happened next no rhyme can tell We came to the end of the world one day A dolphin swam in a sheltered bay I paid to the king what it was I owed Put my face to the wind and my foot on the road I find I've wandered far from home But home is in me wherever I roam I thought I was an hour or a year behind But the hours and the years are only time