Spark

Over the Rhine · Drunkards Prayer [2005]

It's not the spark that caused the fire



It was the air you breathed that fanned the flame



What you think you'll solve with violence



Will only spread like a disease



Until it all comes 'round again



Was John the only dreamer?



Sleep with one ear close to the ground



And wake up screaming



When we lay our cold weapons down



We'll wake up dreaming



Obsessions with self-preservation



Faded when I threw my fear away



It's not a thing you can imagine



You either lose your fear



Or spend your life with one foot in the grave



Is God the last romantic?



Sleep with one ear close to the ground



And wake up screaming



When we lay our cold weapons down



We'll wake up dreaming



Only love can turn this around



I wake up dreaming



Everything we've lost can be found



We'll wake up dreaming