Peace Lies Waiting Lyrics - Wild Strawberries

"Murder", cries the cathedral 

A hungry hawk, a sword, a ploughshare 

Set the stage in Canterbury 

Seven years and then, seven years 

Seven years and then 

Peace lies waiting fugitive, cloistered and longing 

Peace lies waiting hovering and above the spear points 

Peace stands higher than my fragile sense of need 

Peace, I leave with you 

Not as the world gives or has ever seen 

Safe in the ruins, killed but not wounded 

I'm pierced with painful joy 

Peace lies waiting fugitive, cloistered and longing 

Peace lies waiting hovering and above the spear points 

Peace stands higher than my fragile sense of need 

When he smiles 

When he smiles 

Even the wind and the rain 

Close their eyes 

Hold their fire 

Never seen peace in a vacuum 

But I've seen it in a bitter sea 

Safe in the ruins, killed but not wounded 

I'm held tightly free 

Peace lies waiting fugitive, cloistered and longing 

Peace lies waiting hovering and above the spear points 

Peace stands higher than my fragile sense of need