Earthbound (Starblind)

[Part I: Earthbound (Sylvian)]

[Chorus]

Like a black crow standing on a sea of shells

She’s blessed by magic and the sound of liberty’s bells

And I’ll raise the curfew and sit by her door

She’s been through this world before

[Verse 1]

Out in the snowfields, coyote tracks

She calls out its name with the words I lack

And it turns its head and howls to the moon

She’s gonna be leaving me soon

[Verse 2]

She’s giving me questions and quizical looks

She tears up my papers and burns all my books

They gave her nothing she didn’t already know

She’s getting ready to go

[Verse 3]

Down in the basement among her things

I opened her boxes and found her rings

I offered her money she said “They’re not for sale”

She guards her secrets well

[Verse 4]

Somebody saw her down on the beach

Followed her footsteps but they ended at the sea

Still when she found out she goes and raises hell

She guards her secrets well

[Verse 5]

Each face is a mirror reflecting her own

She squanders affection and rarely goes home alone

But I wouldn’t ask for anything if only she’d tell me its through

She guards her secrets too

[Chorus]

Like a black crow standing on a sea of shells

She’s blessed by magic and the sound of liberty’s bells

And I’ll raise the curfew and sit by her door

She’s been through this world before

[Part II: Starblind (Fripp)]

(Instrumental)