The Silver Lining - Gold Leaves

White is the make of the mend

White’s the milk on the lips

White is the ray coming down at the end

White’s the noise when it splits

Even now

The pouring light

O the heavy knife

When black marigolds was all you saw

When you expected feasts

Black humor’s always there to fill the pause

When everything else leaves

Even now

The howling night

O the heavy knife

Shining through it all

And when it gets to the darkening

We will wag with the ghost

Zig and zag in the silver lining

Dragging sparks as we’re leaving

Off

O what a scene to an end

Silver gets in

Black as our outline

White as the light

Shining through it all