In the deepest, in the dark In the colour of the fox's bark I see my hand in folded glory Painted picture of an untold story In the thickets, in the fence In the marching of a thousand men Faintest whisper, a lovers' yearning The land'll tell you that the story's burning I saw light, she had death in her lands I saw the ring on my mother's hands Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, oh Gloria, oh I'll be the earth, I'll be the sky You be the mystery and don't tell me why Cut through disaster, cut through the pines I indicate you, I see the signs This streelight's charging, I'm coursing through I'm every sunrise, I'm the morning dew Strangers bend to help me, strangers stretch and guide me Some that carry omens wandered right beside me I saw light, she had death in her lands I saw the ring on my mother's hands Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, oh Gloria, oh