The Toadstool and the Tower Though hate has had great power Fate says no (too small) Having had its way before With us but surprise Not having it anymore Now the people rise The power of the tower Falling of the weight Of keeping straight all its lies What not to recall When the scales fall from our eyes To see something new Coming true we feared too late Got here anyway If not a moment too soon After all in fall Underneath the harvest moon Wonder underway With love about to flower Brought about by fate Bringing in the flowering Of love over hate Flowering empowering To be worth the wait Though hate has had great power May everyone learn Whatever we were meant to Each of us in turn From a black hole devouring All that made us great Into insult comedy More than anything Of many this bothers me Being otherwise May love teach us what to do To appreciate Us more for what we went through Now we know what for To remember what we knew Never to return To the dark place we went to May we nevermore Go back where the toadstool grew Fate says no (too small) Too little the hour too late For our would-be king Let the people celebrate Getting through this thing The toadstool and the tower Falling after all Steven Curtis Lance