The Fool

I packed my whole life in a handkerchief and a stick A white rose in my pocket and the sun at my back The dog is barking warnings at the edge of the stone But I’ve been standing still so long, I’d forgotten to roam They say the cliff is waiting They say the ground is far But I’ve been safe so long now I don’t know where I am So I’ll leap before I look, let the wind take my name I was zero at the start and I’ll be zero again Every road starts somewhere and disappears in the end Oh, I’m the Fool, I’m the Fool And I’m dancing at the edge The mountains in the distance didn’t build themselves slow Every stone was once a stranger somewhere nobody goes I’m numbered last and first, I’m the card without a place With a sky full of unknowns and a smile on my face They say I’ve lost my senses They say I’ve lost my way But the ones who never wander Are the ones who never stray So I’ll leap before I look, let the wind take my name I was zero at the start and I’ll be zero again Every road starts somewhere and disappears in the end Oh, I’m the Fool, I’m the Fool And I’m dancing at the edge There’s wisdom in the not-yet-knowing There’s gold inside the open hand I don’t need a map, I need direction I don’t need the shore, I need the land And chaos isn’t ruin, it’s a garden unplanned It’s the seed before the season, it’s the sea before the sand It’s the moment just before you understand So I’ll leap before I look, let the wind take my name I was zero at the start and I’ll be zero again Every road starts somewhere and disappears in the end Oh, I’m the Fool, I’m the Fool And I’m walking off the edge And I’m walking off the edge Into everything