Home Life Lyrics - Singles - Shearwater

When you were a child, you were a tomboy 

And your mother laughed at the serious way 

That you looked at her 

And from your window at night 

There were the star's little fires 

And the armory lights 

You were tracing the lines 

Of a globe with your fingers 

Cool rivers, white wastes, desert shores 

And the forest green and a limitless life 

In the breath of each tide 

And the bright mountain's rising 

Now the boys are away 

And such kicks they are having 

Slashing away at the forest walls 

With their bitter knives 

Sparks bloom in their eyes 

And they never look tired 

Will they never look tired? 

On cliffs that tower from the rising seas 

Their bonfires glow where a tiger lies 

And cleaning their weapons 

They laugh at his useless claws, and all 

It is a beautiful night to be born to this life 

And grind his every bone to powder 

Do you remember? 

Do you remember? 

She carried you down to the edge 

Of the dark river, and said 

Though the water is wide 

You will never grow tired 

You are bound to your life 

Like a mother and child 

You will cling to your life 

Like a suckering vine 

And like the rest of our kind 

You will increase and increase 

Past all of our dreaming 

Horse without rider 

Lungs without breathing 

Day without light 

Song without singing a song