[Lyric] The Gift Of Music (Communions)

We share a special bond
Chiseled on a slab of stone
You taught me how to shave my face
The old fashioned way
And I do it to this day

Somehow every hour spent
Has become a testament
To what you know and love
I’m sure that you love your kids
There’s something you love more

The narcissistic wounds
You hide
They’ve gone and left a stain
To me they’re all too clear
They’ll never wash away
They’ve been inherited by the ones
To whom you handed down
The gift of music
A luminous trampoline
That I used to leap off of
Into the universe
Straight into its avid mirrors
Its tantalizing puzzles
Placed at the center of the stars

Riding the big wave
You were graced with many gifts
A martyr to your zeal in the cause of freedom
You’ve given up your life

The narcissistic wounds
You hide
They’ve gone and left a stain
To me they’re all too clear
They’ll never wash away
They’ve been inherited by the ones
To whom you handed down
The gift of music