“Your passin’ broke the silence On that dark October day The sun was headin’ for the west As it did I heard you say ‘I set my sail for a gentle breeze Now I leave this world as it was meant to be And you, did you listen to anything I said? Did you ever listen to me? Though now it seems you’ll never know But every lad to a man must grow Till winter comes to celebrate Then proudly chills the bone When at last they bury me Into this ground you’ll someday see And you, did you listen to anything I said? Did you ever listen to me?’ Though the face we wear Sometimes seldom speaks From the babe that cries To this grown man’s feet May the hand still write And it’s heart shape keep Till our fathers, sons and daughterss agree
So I will pave this road till glory Sets our broken spirit free From every cross-soaked nail pours endless rain With tears no eye should see But they could fill our highest ocean And the rivers in between With every blade that flower must grow then drown With love our cruelest sea So with a wonder and a wild desire I will crawl from under every weight With a wonder and a wild desire Bless the day it was I shared your name Yesterday forever speaks your grave Hailed the shower from the broadside To the heavens down below Draw one last breathe from your famine ship Sink the hunger in us all Shake the hand that speaks of freedom kiss hate one final blow ‘Till each twilight falls Then rests till dawn where tomorrows never sleep So with a wonder and a wild desire I will crawl from under every weight With a wonder and a wild desire Bless the day it was Ii shared your name Yesterday forever speaks your grave And of the fool we shall not mention that depraves the cries of youth Drag not your strength from government But from the voices they abused So with a wonder and a wild desire I will crawl from under every weight With a wonder and a wild desire Bless the day it was I shared your name Yesterday forever speaks your grave Only time will tell When this reign of hell Shall wither in defeat Seperate the bread they forgot to share To the mouths still left to feed Though his body ached and disappeared Into the ground now seeds He said ‘I, I’ll always comfort thee’ So I will pace this road till glory Watch as our broken spirits soar Resonate with perfect reason Shut life’s last gloomy door
With a wonder and a wild desire
I will crawl from under every weight
With a wonder and a wild desire
Bless the day it was Ii shared your name
Yesterday forever speaks your grave”
Flogging Molly – The Spoken Wheel / With a Wonder and a Wild Desire