I will strip away all my associations I will only mean the things I choose to say I will hear no dissent, hear no negotiations No bleats of fear to calm my thoughts astray No paradoxes, puzzles or reflections The things of time shall cease to concern us I'll be a single falling star into a lake so still That the ripples will be perfect on the surface The ripples will be perfect on the surface I will know for certain if he's up there And I will know for certain if he's not Either will be balm for this aching For all the things I want and haven't got I'll know the scorching hearts of our evil Don't know the simple nature of my fear I'll be a single thrown grenade into air so still That the shock-wave forms a perfect sphere The shock-wave forms a perfect sphere The sun burning over California The predictable beauty of a flame The thrill of your fingers in the evening The glory that I witness in your name I don't want to wake up tomorrow And I don't want to get old I will kiss you as the walls come tumbling down And the sheep sit bleating at the fold The sheep sit bleating at the fold