some distant part of me remembers where the missile silos are concealed the place all endings are imagined i know it’s real i know it’s real
but there must be time left to confuse the coordinates where the whirling birds nest
but how can i climb when i’m tethered from below a silhouette cut from a glowing window the other life i’m letting go
call i won’t turn around i faced us backwards even then so this can’t be happening now it’s just an echo’s end waterfall can i be renamed the old underground’s been locked and sold songbirds bursting up from the snow
here time returns the days and nights you stole
can’t i have just one kiss was it always so dangerous was it all that first hit and the fallout that preys on the sound of the all clear
i sing a few songs to a tattered atmosphere but more and more i disappear
call out i won’t turn around all those telegrams were sent from a phantom finding now and if not now when? waterfall can i be redeemed blood vessels drinking up the cold songbirds bursting up from the snow
here time returns the days and nights you stole
the valley’s beautiful tonight i watch the stars take up their shields and no one else needs to believe it i know it’s real i know it’s real