Burden Of The Angel/Beast - Bruce Cockburn

From the lying mirror to the movement of stars

Everybody’s looking for who they are

Those who know don’t have the words to tell

And the ones with the words don’t know too well

Could be the famine

Could be the feast

Could be the pusher

Could be the priest

Always ourselves we love the least

That’s the burden of the angel/beast

Birds of paradise -- birds of prey

Here tomorrow, gone today

Cross my forehead, cross my palm

Don’t cross me or I’ll do you harm

We go crying, we come laughing

Never understand the time we’re passing

Kill for money, die for love

Whatever was God thinking of?