Ex Nihilo (The Sunflower) Lyrics

It was late winter when the wasps come

The nights were getting shorter as our temper gets fraughter

It was late winter when the wasps come

And this old guitar was here when I had nothing

That's why I call it Ex Nihilo

As the strings were resonating, all the cures were fading

As the finger picking, all my sores I'm licking

As far as I could see, as the ships rolled past the gantries

And all that I believed would fade like summer tan

And as it happened, I sang 'Hallelujah Jordan'

Out of the ashes, into a fire

Out of the ashes, into a fire

Into a fire

Into a fire

And a friend in need isn't easy to read

And a love in trouble looks shiny and new

How do the terrors find the brightest corners

How can we stay the hand of the angry man?

And it came at me out of the blue

And it came at me out of the dark

And it rose right in front of me like a bird from a wire

Out of the ashes, into a fire

Out of the ashes, into a fire

Into a fire

Into a fire

Na na na na na na

So I'm opening a bar so all the people near and far

And we're starting a place for all the colors, creed and race

And we're building a bridge for all of our troubled daughters

And we're making a pledge, no sons left behind

Yeah, we're making a space for all the fearful and our friends

And it came at me out of the blue

And it came at me out of the dark

And it rose right in front of me like a bird from the wire

Out of the aisles into a choir

Out of the aisles into a choir

Into a choir

Into a choir

Na na na na na na