In the Passage

[Verse 1]
There's a ring around the moon tonight
And a chill in the air
And a fire in the stars that hang
So near, so near

[Verse 2]
There's a sound in the wind that blows
Through the wild mountain holds
Like the sighs of a thousand crying souls
Crying souls

[Verse 3]
There's a time when the traveler
Is fated to find
That insight has turned his gaze
Behind, behind

[Verse 4]
And the steps taken yesterday
Will beckon again
And lead to his weary journey's end
His journey's end

[Chorus]
And in the passage from the cradle to the grave
We are born, madly dancing
Rushing headlong through the crashing of the days
We run on and on without a backwards glance
We run on and on without a backwards glance

[Bridge]
I cast my fate with the wife of Lot, I turned my gaze around
Knowing neither what I sought nor what was to be found
Heeding weakness, feeding strength, oh, life at length is frail
I seek again the river's source through time's dark shadowed veil

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]
In the fast fading century
As we spin through the years
I pray that our failing vision clears
Our vision clears

[Chorus]
And in the passage from the cradle to the grave
We are born, madly dancing
Rushing headlong through the crashing of the days
We run on and on without a backwards glance
We run on and on without a backwards glance

[Bridge]
The places dash and the faces dart like fishes in a dream
Hiding 'neath the murky banks of long forgotten streams
The lines of life are never long when seen from end to end
The future's never coming and the past has never been

[Verse 1]
There's a ring around the moon tonight
And a chill in the air
And a fire in the stars that hang
So near, so near