the warm assurance of sweet sound

 our voices echo silence is the crime

we need the warm assurance of sweet sound

for all our urgency fears empty time

 

so much is caught between the fall and climb

but haste is needed to bring things around

our voices echo silence is the crime

 

for which we will be punished now the chime

of teachers' bell is something most profound

for all our urgency fears empty time

 

which must be filled with order the sublime

decree of trust in which we seek for ground

our voices echo silence is the crime

 

and we're so guilty yet we have to prime

the rule of virtues so they might abound

for all our urgency fears empty time

 

while hope for magic is expressed in rhyme

which we desire to ring and to resound

our voices echo silence is the crime

for all our urgency fears empty time