Run The Banner Down LyricsRun the banner down And hide in the broken palms 'Til out of the blackness comes A point of starry light And a mountain moves And the pressure drops Snow on your open palms Under a northern star Leave the tape unwound And the film unthreaded In a summer rain Where your image is frozen And thrown into the lake Where the words rebound With the way you laid out Your hands on my shoulders: Open your mouth Close your eyes Open your mouth