Amberlit Morning (feat. Bill Callahan)

In the amberlit morning

The sweet smell of clover

Coming in through the window

As spring starts to show

Antigone retreating in the snow

How the soil dreams of fruit

And a boy with an axe across the brook

The gardener greets the youth

And sows the tears, saying don't you cry

Don't you cry, these headless geese can fly

When having's done

Death hands it to

The quickening stalk

The virgined shoot

The outgrowned shoe

Every child sees it

Every child knows

As a child, I saw it all

And the dance here between us

In the crook of your arm

Unafraid if for just once

We've a place to stand on

I felt a tremor in the mountain

No place for us to cling to

Save each other

Here come the cows

Vanity and pride

I drink their milk

And wore their hide

For it takes so much to be human

And watch the bold die

I am sorry

And I thank you

Every child sees it

Every child knows

As a child, I saw it all

Even I see it

Even I see know

Even I see it all

Now