There was a single one, then there were ten With time made a hundred and a hundred million You came and spoke to me; I saw your face Your words were like raindrops from a storm in a vase Each generation different He was made to love her She was made to love him And their offspring loved them And in the marriage of eagle and snake The parents are fertile but the offspring is blank The fire rages and all through the night The flame is contagious, but the heat feels alright Can't recognize our poverty He was made to love her She was made to love him And their offspring loved them There is a darkness I feel coming down And shadows that lengthen from the sky to the ground And a silence that can swallow sound He was made to love her She was made to love him And their offspring loved them He was made to love her She was made to love him And their offspring loved both of them