How long does the love last Here and then fading past the point Proven through abstraction, through the absence of concern for The hollow avoidance revealing a door behind another door Revolving around the fragments of resentment Learning to trust in spite of it is life's work Learning to trust in spite of it is life's work Reconcile the child through hostile family Rupture is tradition, born into dissonance Blamed for all the shadows of those who remain blind to themselves Meeting in mirrors of deflected projections Learning to trust in spite of it is life's work Learning to trust in spite of it is life's work Learning to trust in spite of it is life's work Blue herons flew over our house as it burned down Anger lingering on in all that's left of it has left and gone Nowhere and everywhere like edges of water I Reach each lesson and find my way through the endings Learning to trust in spite of it is life's work Learning to trust in spite of it is life's work Learning to trust in spite of it is life's work Learning to trust in spite of it is life's work Life's work Life's work Life's work Life's work Life's work