Dark star crashes

Dark star crashes
pouring its light
into ashes

Reason tatters
the forces tear loose
from the axis


Searchlight casting
for faults in the
clouds of delusion


shall we go,
you and I
While we can?
Through
the transitive nightfall
of diamonds


Mirror shatters
in formless reflections
of matter


Glass hand dissolving
to ice petal flowers
revolving


Lady in velvet
recedes
in the nights of goodbye


Shall we go,
you and I
While we can?
Through
the transitive nightfall
of diamonds

This song for those non-Dead Heads out there is the ultimate Grateful Dead anthem - more for the instrumental patterns between the lyrics than the lyrics themselves, but still the lyrics paint a pretty good background for the notes that fell between these lines, ultimately a different musical experience with every performance. I got to experience it live a total of 3 times, and I am sure Mr. Bloated will never forget the very first time within the confines of the Oakland Coliseum (which I nicknamed House of Worship as these shows were religious experiences for me) back on the eve of the descent into the 1990's. Maybe if I have some time later I will interpret the words.