I am the flaw in the tea-bowl I will not dance death I will not lie down here in peace And release my last breath All of our hopes have been cast on the reefs and are gone Still my salt blood reaches out for the sky Still my warm song touches notes clear and high Outward I go and I know I will fly a new dawn Starship and Haiku Dying hate and living love Reach beyond our sin Starship and Haiku One last flawed reminder of All we might have been I am a discord in deathsong I cannot be still I am an infinite paean a permanent trill I am a leap to the stars I am song to the sky Always I shun the bleak burial grounds Always I listen for life's vibrant sounds Always my hollow-reed heartbeat resounds with it's cry Starship and Haiku Dying hate and living love Reach beyond our sin I am the flaw in the tea-bowl I will not dance death I will not lie down here in peace And release my last breath All of our hopes have been cast on the reefs and are gone Still my salt blood reaches out for the sky Still my warm song touches notes clear and high Outward I go and I know I will fly a new dawn