So Begins the Task

And so begins the task I have dreaded the coming of For so long I wait for the sun To remind my body It needs restin' And I must learn to without you now I must learn to give only part some how Camping on the edge Of your city I wait Hoping someday You might See Beyond yourself The shadows on the ceiling Hard But not real Like the bars that cage You within yourself And I must learn to without you now I must learn to give only part some how And I must learn to without you now As I cannot learn to give only part some how All of these cages Must And shall be set aside They will only Keep Us from the knowing Actors And stages Now fall before the truth As th love Shared Between us Remains Growing And I must learn to without you now As I cannot learn to give only part some how --- So Begins the Task - Stephen Stills