The Angels of Ashes   will give back your passions   Again and again      Their light shafts   will reach through the darkness   and touch you my friend      They'll fly in a mind dance   and blind you with wings   wrapped in flame      If you're down to an echo   they just might remember   your name      In the unbroken darkness   where emptiness empties   alone      There's no starting or stopping   where there is no right or   no wrong      Well that's all right for some   who can hang the absurd   on their wall      If your blind hands can't grope   through these measureless waters   you'll fall      You've been following patterns   and fleeting sensations   too long      And the fullness that fills up   the pulse of durations   is gone      Let the great constellation   of flickering ashes   be heard      Let them burn with a fire   all it takes to confess   is a word, just a word      I can recommend angels   I've watched as they've made a man strong   Oh so strong      If your humbleness shows   then I'm sure that they'll take you   along      You can tell them who sent you   it might help to get you   above      You can say that he laughed   and he walked like St. Francis   With love