Verse 1
White heat fading from the stone
Sea light moving through the bone
Golden hour on a wounded face
Salt and shadow, silk and grace
We name the feeling, bless the skin
Call it love and let it in
Under the linen, under the sun
All our meanings turn as one
Chorus
We are symbolic creatures
Breathing in the glow
Making signs from longing
As the evening waters flow
Skin and soul and memory
Drifting with the breeze
We are symbolic creatures
Down on our aching knees
Verse 2
Perfume rising, glasses shine
Slow gold running through the wine
Every touch a little prayer
Every silence thick with air
What is body, what is dream
What is wound beneath the gleam
All our beauty, all our need
Root and blossom, blood and seed
Chorus
We are symbolic creatures
Breathing in the glow
Making signs from longing
As the evening waters flow
Skin and soul and memory
Drifting with the breeze
We are symbolic creatures
Down on our aching knees
Incantation
Om of the blood
Om of the tide
Om of the wound
We do not hide
Om of the mouth
Om of the breath
Om of desire
Om of death
Om of the body
Om of the sign
Om of the yours
Om of the mine
Om of the dusk
Om of release
Om of the longing
Turning to peace
Bridge
Candles in the garden burn low
Night flowers open, soft and slow
We wear our meanings like a flame
Call each other secret names
Half in heaven, half in sand
Reaching out with open hands
Beautiful and briefly here
Held by rhythm, salt, and fear
Final Chorus
We are symbolic creatures
Under moon and star
Making holy weather
Of whatever bodies are
Skin and soul and memory
Washed in darkening seas
We are symbolic creatures
Swaying with the cypress trees
Outro
Om of the heart
Om of the deep
Om of the wound
We sing, we keep
Om of the night
Om of the shore
Symbolic creatures
Wanting more
