Kingdom Within

And I'll try to leave the party
While I'm still having fun
But such a taste still keens
For the nibble has been
On the finest of afternoons

And where will you leave your sorrow
Buried like coins of gold
On a chain to wear
That's quite heavy to bear
For the finest of afternoons

There's a shiver that runs through you
Though your quiver of life is full
Even darling buds die
And rivers run dry
On the finest of afternoons

And why wear your torn decay here
Why would you tame your love
But there were things in you
That I never once knew
On the finest of afternoons

Did you taste the water
Or was it filtered through
And when you did you knew
That the struggle was true
On the finest of afternoons

There's a shiver that runs through you
Like the longing for something new
Even darling buds die
And rivers run dry
On the finest of afternoons

So how will you make your confessions
With no kingdom within
Such a rudderless thing we become
To see, to see such a simple condition
And I think that someone like you
Should have figured that out all along

There's a shiver that runs through you
Like a quiver of love's first bloom
Even darling buds die
And rivers run dry
On the finest of afternoons

And the river wants what
The river wants what
Will sever those ties for you
But in these terrible times
The pliant might find
The finest of afternoons