Shallow Water

You were a bird, an eagle

I was the sun, a father

We crossed a hundred rivers

You fished in shallow water

And now

You're asking for a second chance

The monks go down to wash their hands and you don't

And now

Children know the subtle tongue

And you mumble in an iron lung crying for your mom

The rabbits stayed in their holes

The fires were great in number

The men we saw, distracted

Slow to wake and slow to slumber

And now

You're asking for a second chance

The monks go down to wash their hands and you don't

And now

Children know the subtle tongue

And you mumble in an iron lung crying for your mom