Lyrics

A failure here, a failure there
The desperation sticks
You'll try it once, a thousand times
Until it makes you sick

What's added on you'll cut away
With a blunted surgeon's knife
You've got to dig, you've got to pray
Uncovering your life

You're out upon the dreaded stage
Without your clothes or lines
You'll play your part so unafraid
No need to curse or whine

It calls to you, it pulls you on
Just beyond your sight
You'll go where you have never gone
Uncovering your life

The King of Wands, the Nine of Swords
The blessing and the curse
What defies the expectation
Makes the tragedy much worse

You stand upon the funeral pyre
You kiss it like a wife
You're juggling while you're on the wire
Uncovering your life

It can't be done all at one time
It takes some years to do
You've got to roll the whole thing out
Until it's clear to you

What drives you on, what holds you back
The darkness and the light
Until you've found what's off the map
Uncovering your life

The writing on the wall is yours
You scratch, then cross it out
You worry you have missed the plot
but you know what it's about

The moment you were born, you cried
Where is the peace of mind
You had it, then you lost it
uncovering your life

You're looking up, your arms outstretched
You know you are the cross
And now that you have understood
you are no longer lost

The horizontal holds you down
The vertical is bright
And where they meet is who you are
uncovering your life

The earth is there under your feet
Above the light shines through
You're looking up, your arms outstretched
And now you have found you

(c) Carlene Wentworth/Bill O'Hanlon