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I saw it take flight from the other side of the river
The sun sat high and the heat made the ground shiver
It’s call was like a watershed
From the river to your hospital bed
And those eyes and those wings made me think of darker things
And what is it now
That you are trying to tell me?
I’m losing sleep and I still don’t know anything
I saw it land on the foothills of the mountain
And its mouth split back and the sound came out like a fountain
It was moving all around
But it never made a sound
And those eyes and those wings made me think of darker things
And what is it now
That you are trying to tell me?
I’m losing sleep and I still don’t know anything
I saw it swoop down and grab its prey from the bunch-grass
And swallow its life as a cloud and its shadow passed
It took off into the air
And it never broke its stare
Against a sky of blue it told me things I already knew
I know now exactly what you’re trying to tell me
We were both awake
We should have been asleep
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