Caedmon's Call - Not Enough

I mount up with waxen wings,

High to reach the sun.

And I am no further than,

Than when I first begun.

So I build a mount of Athos

To shape your form against the sky;

With my home in your hands

To show all the people why,

To show all the people why.

Everything I do,

It's not enough for you.

Everything I do,

It's not enough, it's not enough for you.

In the garden of my pride,

The lamented lime tree.

Too stupid to cry for rain;

fruitless and choked out by weeds.

So I write a book of life,

Using the best words I can find.

For some struggler to snuggle up

When the world becomes unkind.

When the world becomes unkind.

I find direction in east-bound clouds,

And long for what they have.

But when I step into its midst,

Its substance I cannot grasp.

So I paint a portrait of you

As if you had human disguise;

With oil and canvas to be clay,

To open up their eyes,

Like you opened up my eyes.

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