Mercy of The Fallen Lyrics

Dar Williams

Oh my fair North Star 

I have held to you dearly 

I had asked you to steer me 

'Til one cloud-scattered night 



I got lost in my travels 

I met Leo the lion 

Met a king and met a giant 

With their errant light



There's the wind and the rain 

And the mercy of the fallen 

Who say they have no claim to know what's right 



There's the weak and the strong 

And the beds that have no answer 

And that's where I may rest my head tonight 



I saw all the bright people 

In imposing flocks they landed 

And they got what they demanded 

And they scratched at the ground 



Then they flew 

And the field grew as sweetly for the flightless

Who had longing yet despite this 

They could hear every sound



There's the wind and the rain 

And the mercy of the fallen 

Who say they have no claim to know what's right 



And if your sister or your brother 

Were stumbling on their last mile 

In a self-inflicted exile 

You'd wish for them a humble friend 


And I hope someday 

That the best of Falstaff's planners 

Give me seven half-built manors 

Where half dreams may dream without end 



There's the wind and the rain 

And the mercy of the fallen 

Who say hey it's not my place to know what's right 



There's the weak and the strong 

And the many stars that guide us 

We have some of them inside us

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