Paroles de Transience

Cut through the country Speed through the dark A child in a train, tristessa departs It's only the start Filigree circles round her young wrist Her mother is frowning At something she missed She fixes her hair At the failing of the day she Heard her father always say, "Remember, it's only the start" When she drifted off to sleep She had the whole world at her feet Because it's only the start Before they fell away it seemed To matter all the same But it was only the start It's only the start