Long before the night was born from darkness

Long before the dawn rolled unsteady from the fire

Long before she wrapped her scarlet arm around the hills

there was a love

this ancient love was born

Long before the grass spotten green

the bare hillside

Long before a wing unfolded to wind

Long before she wrapped her long blue arm around the see

there was a love

this ancient love was born

Long before a chain was forged from the hillside

Long before a voice uttered freedom's cry

Long before She wrapped her bleeding arms

around a child

there was a love

this ancient love was born

Long before the name of G-d was spoken

Long before a cross was nailed from a tree

Long before She laid her arm of colors

'cross the sky

there was a love

this ancient love was born

Wakeful our night, slumber our morn

Stubborn the grass growing wooded lot

As we wrap our healing arms to hold

what her arms held

this ancient love, this aching love

rolls on