in the valley of the shadow of
death is the dreamer awakened
and when the sleeper comes for me
i will not be taken

life is a portrait hanging
upon a wall sustaining
the brush of art creating
a world of remaking

grey is the child
grey is the feast
grey is the number
grey is the beast

life is a sculpture waiting
for the day of unveiling
the hand of man creating
a god for the taking

white is the father
white is the tree
white is the letter
white is the sea

life is a world echoing
to the child atoning
the endless source creating
a man for the baiting

black is the mother
black is the pain
black is the canvas
black is the bane

in the valley of the shadow of