Lyrics Act 6: The Alchemy of the Everyday - Jane Siberry

Act 6: The Alchemy of the Everyday

When we can climb the highest mountain
When we can ford the raging river
When we can cross the plains in one step
In our seven-league boots
Even as we make the waitress cry
Even as we curse the next guy
And when we can hear a child crying
On the other side of the world
Even as we can’t hear our own friend
Even as we fall from grace
So grace shall lift us up
And teach us of our power
Power so deep and hidden
Power that now is bidden
Release the superhero inside
The superhero of today works quietly away
Very different from the fancy capes
And hats of yesterday
They are mostly in disguise
But you can see it in their eyes
The social worker, the gardener
The computer guy, the teacher
The warriors, the queens
We are all our brother’s keeper
And you come around the corner of the building
And you see the mast exploding
And there’s terror in the air
And you feel your spine imploding
And you hear the spiral
Singing a different song against the grain
But he wouldn’t stop telling me what he wouldn’t
Io.
And I looked down at Magic and in Magic’s deep,
beautiful eyes I saw the word I turned to the
door.
I flung it open.
‘How wonderful that
you want to be more open and honest and let us go
together to your girlfriend’s that we may celebrate
the movement forward for isn’t this what we want for
each other?'
WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE
IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE.
WHILE WE APPLAUD HER EFFORTS, THE SLIGHTLY
SARCASTIC NATURE OF HER SOLUTION HAS
LOWERED THE VIBRATION OF THIS POTENTIALLY
TRANSFORMATIVE ALCHEMICAL REACTION.
WATCH CLOSELY NOW.
I looked down at Magic expecting to see his tail
wagging but instead …
I guess I was not successful in protecting myself
through being a clown, in seeing the world as a place
of wonder.
Oh no.. Oh yes!
Because
I’ll use this lesson to do it better next time.
AND IN THAT SINGLE MOMENT SHE PRACTICED
THE ALCHEMY OF THE EVERYDAY AVAILABLE TO
EVERYONE.
SHE CHANGED A LUMP OF COAL
TO A DIAMOND WITH THE FLICK OF A THOUGHT.
A POSITIVE THOUGHT.
MAGIC’S TAIL WAS WAGGING NOW.