Small swift birds lyrics

I've been told that it's just the way life goes.

Once the wildest river is now

a trickle to the sea.

The peak we risk our lives to scale becomes dirt

beneath our feet.

The wisdom of a life time always disappears

untapped.

Paradise once given will always be taken back.

And the love you hang your life upon

will start to slowly crack.

I have seen people suffocate the dream.

Forgetting to turn that one last time

while she watches through the door.

Focusing on the garbage that she use

to ignore.

Thinking she looks so beautiful but not yelling it out loud.

He should have thought to kiss her before he headed out.

Just forgetting how fucking lucky you are

to have found her in such a crowd.

But we've seen a cloud of starlings rising on a crisp autumn day.

We were handed the weight of a child sleeping and bore her away.

We've tasted the tears that fall when saying goodbye forever.

And we've seen the silver from a waxing moon wash upon the shore.

I have heard about the lives of small swift birds.

They dazzle with their colour and their deftness

through the air.

Just a simple glimpse will keep you simply

standing there.

Legendary journeys made on fragile hollow wings.

The night skies rich with whistling

each and every spring.

And then there's the day we look for them

and can't find them anywhere.

I've been told that it's just the way life goes.

• Artist:Cowboy Junkies
• Album:Open