From the recording Perseids
Lyrics
The Great Stop
When the great stop is pulled
On a grand church organ
The people feel the spirit’s song
Just below the rumble
How could I explain things
That I have only felt
But I know if you would feel it too
You would hear the roar undeniable
When a mountain moves
From its very core
There erupts a rolling thunder
Which can’t held by any barrier
In the storm of the ocean
In the hurricane’s foam
There is a sound much deeper
When the sea floor starts to move
And sends up a great white wave
There is a warning issued forth
That only the animals heed
Though there be unquestionable danger
In things not understood
In some you find the feeling
That this indeed is something good
So when I feel that sound again
Shaking in my chest
I’ll tremble for its awful power
And glory in its goodness