Seven-Story Mountain, by Railroad Earth

Here I offer lyrics to one of my all-time favorite and deeply appreciated songs by Railroad Earth, called Seven Story Mountain.  17 minutes and 17 seconds of wonderful bluegrass, fiddles, drumming, and crescendos, with poignant and timely lyrics, given my current wintry introspection:  
... to see a light, but fail in strength to follow ... got to find a light and fill my heart again.  Yes. Yes.  A resounding YES!

Oh Lord to see a light, but fail in strength to follow
Sometimes it's hard to let it go
Oh Lord, to fail in heart and each day grow more hollow
Sometimes I just don't want to know


But the road that led me here
Is begun to disappear
Sometimes I wonder where I am


Oh Lord, to hear a voice but let it fade and wallow
Sometimes its hard to let it go
Oh Lord to find the words but keep them in and swallow
One day the top is gonna blow


But the road that left me here
Is begun to disappear
Sometimes I wonder who I am


Oh Lord to stumble blind for years without knowin'
Sunrise has burned my eyes again
Oh Lord to crumble quiet watching from the silence
Sunrise has burned my eyes again


It's a seven-story mountain
It's a long, long life we live
Got to find a light and fill my heart again


It's a seven-story mountain
It's a long, long life ahead
Got to find a voice and fill my throat again

My version is on the album Railroad Earth Live Sampler.  There is also a nice audio version here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAsGbdqdYk0

Leaping off the Great Edge

Leaping off the Great Edge, where will I find myself?  
Where will I lose myself?  
Like the caged bird, I must die to be set free.  
Dying to myself is a welcome proposition.  But what will follow?  
Who will be The One to Come After? And from where will she come?  
I pray she be stronger, fearless, more disciplined, more deeply compassionate, an expanded visionary.  
It already IS.  
She already is.  
But where?  
Where is She?