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Intro

Kaleidoscope, wheel of hope

 A place to start out from

 Although it started long ago

 The world's work has begun

 A hula hoop, a human chain

 To warm our hands and find our way

 When all the lights go out

 A raincoat and a French beret

 The rolling hills of past mistakes

 Like quiet under cloud

 And I will long look to the churning sea

 This call to arms means wrap them

 Around the first person you see

Dandelions in bullet holes

 We stand in our civilian clothes

 On blankets laid out on a lawn

Clouds of rain will all move on

 And when the mist clears we will see

 Both of our names on a marquee

 Across the ocean the same day

 And then washed ashore a block away

 The windmill is waiting for the same thing

As the slackened sail

 At the core within something like the wind

 Is blowing at the veil

 And I will long go on this inner sight

 This call to arms means hold to it

And hold tight

Dandelions in bullet holes

 We stand in our civilian clothes

 On blankets laid out on a lawn

Clouds of rain will all move on

 And when the mist clears we will see

 Both of our names on a marquee

 Across the ocean the same day

 And then washed ashore a block away

Ah come on, these streams of light are not so subtle,

All along the ditch signs of life in sinking puddles.

Dandelions in bullet holes

 We stand in our civilian clothes

 On blankets laid out on a lawn

Clouds of rain will all move on

 And when the mist clears we will see

 All of our names on a marquee

 Across the ocean the same day

 And then washed ashore a block away

Outro