At The Beginning Of Time Lyrics - Jane Siberry

At the beginning of time 

Before there were waves 

We'd sit in our boats 

We'd float there all day 

And there weren't any waves 

'Cause there wasn't any wind 

'Cause there wasn't any sun 

We were waiting for the world to begin 

We were waiting in the darkness 

Each in our own boat, each in our own thoughts 

Sometimes you could hear people 

Talking amongst themselves but 

Someone had a boat with wheels and I said 

You're a bit early but I know how you feel 

But mostly it was just silence 

And the silence only broken by 

The absence of the clinking of the masts 

And every now and then a bird would not fly by 

And someone would look up and say 

What wasn't that? We were waiting in the darkness 

And one night or was it day? I was awoken from a dream 

I was dreaming of someplace like I'd never been 

And I heard someone say 

Someone's fallen in and they can't swim 

So I leaned out and I pulled them in 

And he was holding his head 

And it was huge and shaped like a fish 

And he slid down to the crook of the keel 

And when I was sure he'd fallen asleep 

I fell back to my reverie 

We were waiting, waiting, waiting 

Waiting in the darkness 

And you know what I miss most about that time? 

It was the quality of blackness 

It was soft somehow in the absence of fear 

You could take it into your mouth 

And send it out through your teeth my dear 

But the silence oh, if I could go back to those times 

I'd take that silence there 

I'd take it into myself and bring it back to you 

And this is what I'd say 

Waiting in the darkness 

At the beginning of time 

Before there were waves 

We'd sit in our boats 

We'd float there all day 

(Or was it night?) 

And there weren't any waves 

'Cause there wasn't any wind 

'Cause there wasn't any sun 

We were waiting for the world to begin 

We were waiting for the world to begin 

Now? 

No