[Verse 1] I am in need of music That would flow Over my fretful fingertips I pace that ache, I let it show Hunger in the hands And the pulse on my lips [Verse 2] Over my bitter-tainted lips With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow I wear that hurt, then let it slip Like rain on glass Like a river’s glow [Pre-Chorus] Oh, for the healing swaying Old and low Of some song sung To rest the tired dead A soft-hit prayer In the bones below Something to carry The weight in my head [Chorus] Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep (Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep) Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep (Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep) I fall down clean I fall down deep [Verse 3] A song to fall like water on my head And over quivering limbs Dream flushed to glow I want that wash When the night turns red I want that calm That moves so slow [Verse 4] There is a magic made by melody A spell of rest And quiet breath, and cool Heart, that sinks through fading colors deep To the subaqueous stillness Of the sea [Bridge] And floats forever In a moon-green pool Held by the hush When the whole world fades I let go now Let the current pull Let the tired parts sink Where the soft line lays [Chorus] Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep (Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep) Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep (Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep) I fall down clean I fall down deep
