THE ANGELS IN THE GARDEN
(Julie Flanders / Emil Adler)


The angels in the garden
Are hiding in the snow
You hold them for a moment
As beautiful as long ago

Careless as a child
You live with what you know
You see the earth is frozen
But you believe that life will grow

Let go of what is lost
Let go of what has hurt you
As long as you are here with me
I promise to love you

You see what you imagine
The ghost of something good
You reach into the silence
An empty place where someone stood

I've come to stand beside you
To give you what I could
To tell you I remember
The promises of childhood

Let go of what is lost
Let go of what has hurt you
As long as you are here with me
I promise to love you


SPOKEN WORD:
there was a beautiful princess
and there was an evil queen
the queen was so jealous
she gave the gift
of a poison needle
and the needle plunged deep
and the put the princess into
1000 years of sleep
(1000 years of sleep)

and the whole kingdom wept
and they knew they would not survive
as the princess slept
and so they came to share her fate
to sleep alongside her
and for 1000 years
to wait

to wait

for true love...

for true love...

is what brings us all back to life

when we have slept for a long time
what do we dream of
what do we wish for
as the light comes down all around us
and life goes on without us
and what is deep inside us
is long forgotten

almost gone

and we are still waiting

and we are still waiting

and we sleep on

and we sleep on

in our own secret
kingdom of hope

we can feel
love
must be coming
love
must be coming

CHOIR:
oooooooooh
ooooooooooh
let go
let go
let go
let go
let go
let go
and I promise to love you
and I promise to love you
and I promise to love you
(repeats)
and I promise
To love...

All the rivers running through you
All the canyons deep and dry
All the colors you imagined
All the feelings you denied

All the dreams you have awakened
All the ways you were asleep
All the kingdoms you've forsaken
For the kingdoms you will keep
We will keep

The angels in the garden
Are hiding in the snow
You hold them for a moment
And finally, you let them go

Let go of what is lost
Let go of what has hurt you
As long as you are here with me
I promise to love you