Flutter

Word by word she spoke to me

Neath a mess of bygone linen

She listens as to dry a thousand tongues

My love is thin and thinning

Some cherished flower

Flutters through

Gentle born beloved you

Kindness always

Kindness always

I hear the sound

The sound she's left me

I stood her ground no

They've swayed me

Wrapped tight inside your shawl

We wander round this dingy hall

Softly spoken shaken tree

The ash grove we've come to be

The blood run the blood run away

From arm and leg to a warm heart

All our colors agree in the dark

But no man lives upon that land

Far enough for us to see

I hear your voice

In the hum of this machine

I hear the sound

The sound she's left me

I stood her ground