Cloud of Hyper-Luminous Darkness

from I Love Birds by Coyote Wall

you can’t get there by asking what it is
you can only get there knowing what it’s not
won’t you rise up through the priesthood
for a lifetime and a half at least 
become the mind your wretched flesh forgot 

cause there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness shining in the sky
there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness
born that we may never die 
and though the one who lives there i suppose
has only shown his face to moses
there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness in the sky 

our precious intellects were clean and pure
until he turned and kicked us out the door
and though we fell right down from grace 
our bodies put us in our place
that someday we might finally be restored

cause there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness shining in the sky
there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness
born that we may never die 
and though the one who lives there i suppose
has only shown his face to moses
there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness in the sky 

you’ll learn from those who guide you up the way 
and you might pass that knowledge on someday
and even if you lose your mind
you can eat the bread and drink the wine
cause everybody has a part to play 

and there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness shining in the sky
there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness
born that we may never die 
and though the one who lives there i suppose
has only shown his face to moses
there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness in the sky