Paroles de The Boy His Shadow

We watched the trees undressed into something new We were the chimney smoke helpless disappearing from view And I recalled a boy in a porch swing realizing he would die Fear will take a man’s life, fear will take a man’s life I was grasping for a shadow something already in my hand When I lost it in the water reaching out for my own reflection We need something to change, we need something to change You said that man is but a breath hanging by his skin The burning end of a cigarette time will take everything And I recalled a boy ina dark wood stumbling on a precious pearl The way the smoke and air curls, way the smoke and air curls I was grasping for a shadow something already in my hand When I lost it in the water reaching out for my own reflection We need something to change, we need something to change My train will come friends and family will gather round Our grandchildren playing out behind our house Next to our names carved in the side of a tree It’s not what we take it’s what we leave It’s what we leave, it’s what we leave, It’s what we leave, it’s what we leave