So some island sinks out across from me
A new one rose from between your knees
And on its shores sat a boy and girl
Their chords all tangled into the sea
She was the dancehall that ran from you
He was the boy that slipped out of view
While we sleep soundly the time will sag
I wore the footprints across your back
While you were glowing between the pines
On the violent wings of the Earth
On the violent wings the cormorants sing 'the story begins'
And in the night
A smuggled cargo with two children wrapped inside
A warm and beating belly hidden under hide
A zealous watchman jealous of his brother"s pride
Saw water glowing as he heard her footsteps fly
Before he"d drawn his sword she"d flown over the side
And left her body shaped as twins into the tide
I was the dancehall that ran from you
You were the boy that slipped out of view
While we sleep soundly the time will sag
I wore the footprints across your back
While he was glowing between her thighs
On the violent wings of the Earth
A new one rose from between your knees
And on its shores sat a boy and girl
Their chords all tangled into the sea
She was the dancehall that ran from you
He was the boy that slipped out of view
While we sleep soundly the time will sag
I wore the footprints across your back
While you were glowing between the pines
On the violent wings of the Earth
On the violent wings the cormorants sing 'the story begins'
And in the night
A smuggled cargo with two children wrapped inside
A warm and beating belly hidden under hide
A zealous watchman jealous of his brother"s pride
Saw water glowing as he heard her footsteps fly
Before he"d drawn his sword she"d flown over the side
And left her body shaped as twins into the tide
I was the dancehall that ran from you
You were the boy that slipped out of view
While we sleep soundly the time will sag
I wore the footprints across your back
While he was glowing between her thighs
On the violent wings of the Earth