The Hidden Sky

[MEDE, spoken]
Have you ever seen the sun, Ganil?

[MEDE]
I was still up north in Kelling
Oh, my beautiful, backward town
And I'm in my father's shop
With the amulets
And the fairy dust
And the healing spells—
And I hear the yells

[PRIEST]
Telerondé!
An telerondé!

[MEDE]
Rushing out, I turn my face
To the hidden sky
Something big is taking place
In the hidden sky
There's a strange wind howling
And the haze is battered thin

And something warm comes drifting in
From the hidden sky
Casting shadows, kissing skin
From the hidden sky
And it's round and gleaming gold
And I know now why we're told
It's the holy face of God
But it looks like fire
Like a burning ball
And it's rising higher in the sky

And this may sound foolish
But I was sure of something
And I told my father
Though he was not worth telling
I said, "I'm after something
And it's not in Kelling"

[GANIL, spoken]
What were you after?

[MEDE, spoken]
The same thing as you

[GANIL, spoken]
That may be true

[GANIL]
I was still a V-year prentice
That was triple-I years ago
In my cousin's shop at night
With the wax and wicks
And the perfume smells
And the candlesticks
And I hear the bells

Rushing out, I turn my face
To the hidden sky
Something big is taking place
In the hidden sky
And the haze tears open
Leaving bits like battle scars
And all at once I'm counting stars
In the hidden sky
Counting C-X-L-V-I
In the hidden sky
And they're shining, bright and cold
And I know now why we're told
They're the lonely tears of God

[GANIL]
And they wink and shimmer

[MEDE]
And they wink and shimmer

[GANIL & MEDE]
And I wonder why
As they cross
The hidden sky
In all its glory

[GANIL]
O, who am I?

[MEDE]
Who knows the story of

[GANIL & MEDE]
The hidden sky?

[GANIL]
Where am I going?

[MEDE]
Who knows the truth?

[GANIL]
Who is it showing me?

[GANIL & MEDE]
The hidden sky
I will go faster

[MEDE]
I leave today

[GANIL]
I'll be a master
Soon

[MEDE]
Soon

[GANIL, MEDE & ENSEMBLE]
Soon, soon, soon, soon

[MEDE & ENSEMBLE]
And it made me braver

[GANIL & ENSEMBLE]
And it made me taller

[MEDE & ENSEMBLE]
And it made me tremble

[GANIL & ENSEMBLE]
And it made me smaller

[MEDE & ENSEMBLE]
And it made me ramble

[GANIL, MEDE & ENSEMBLE]
And it made me laugh and cry

[GANIL & MEDE, ENSEMBLE]
And it made me holler (And it made me braver)
And it made me quiver (And it made me taller)
And it made me fearless (And it made me tremble)
And it made me stumble (And it made me smaller)
And it made me foolish (And it made me vanish)

[GANIL, MEDE & ENSEMBLE]
And it made me want to fly

[MEDE & GANIL]
Out of myself
And into the hidden sky