I watched the stars above the city glow... The same stars Job saw... The same questions remain... -------- The doctor closed the folder The room fell still and cold A thousand practiced answers For a wound too deep to hold The night pressed on the window Like a weight I couldn't move I spoke Your name into the dark And waited for a sign from You Far beyond the streetlights Past every fear I've known Orion hung above me Silent as a stone ---------- The stars kept burning The world moved on The sky said nothing The silence strong ---------- Dust beneath Orion Small beneath the sky Counting every unanswered prayer That vanished into night Dust beneath Orion Still I lift my eyes Searching for a voice beyond The thunder and the tide ---------- A messenger came running With bad news on his tongue The centuries between us Collapse into just one Some lose homes to fire Some lose dreams to time Some sit among the ashes Some beneath fluorescent lights The desert and the hospital The same ache in disguise Every age still asks You The same relentless why ---------- The stars kept burning The world moved on The sky said nothing The silence strong --------- Dust beneath Orion Small beneath the sky Counting every unanswered prayer That vanished into night Dust beneath Orion Still I lift my eyes Searching for a voice beyond The thunder and the tide ----------- "Where were you When the mountains found their place? Where were you When the sea was taught its shore? Who called the dawn Out of endless night? Who taught the stars To sing before the world was born? Can you bind Orion? Can you loose the morning? Can you number every sorrow? Can you carry every soul?" ----------- Dust beneath Orion Still beneath the sky Not every wound is mended Not every tear runs dry Dust beneath Orion Yet somehow held in light Known beyond the galaxies That fill the endless night -------- I searched for answers You showed me wonder I searched for certainty You showed me You Dust beneath Orion... Dust beneath Orion...
