New Bird

Lyrics

Wings fold around you like they did before Does your flying astound you, new bird? Feathers unruly and truly so free To catch the wind's shadow as once you caught me Oh are the hills brown still, do the rivers run wide As bright silver ribbons that capture the light? Unfurled, you unwind, like all new things you're blind Does your flying astound you, new bird? Broken the tether, harsh winds on bright feather You're stronger than smoke and you're pale as the air The big skies surround you now the wide world has found you Yet your bold and bright shadow still falls, everywhere No fear ever after, no fear, only laughter And smiles where the sun shines so far away from here Oh you're precious still to me and your words still renew me But your golden heart's flown just as sure as I've shed every tear Fly bright in sun's rising, fly bright and fly wisely My foundling, my darling, my precious bright word And love may sustain you in the places she takes you But remember our love and remember the silence we shared Wings fold around you like they did before Does your flying astound you, new bird? Feathers unruly and truly so free To catch the wind's shadow as once you caught me