Anna Madorsky

Lyrics

Living in a world of short term solutions
The headsail unfurled, stirring for flight
like a great eagle’s wings. I hoisted the tied rope;
you braced the salt sea and launched into night.

I call out your name into the dark overhead
The green waters freeze without warning
and I return to the beach, it’s cold enough for the clouds
to drape the morning in stretches of snow.

The girl who said too much, who called his bluff
The water is holding you in her sheath
The night swim belies the great knife underneath.
Sun and moon and stars, not enough to find where you are
Sun and moon and sky, all I got and I will get by.

Not all great loves end with a death
Not all desire meets a last kiss
You’re in the depths collecting the sea nymphs
But now with you gone, it’s neither I miss.

The girl who said too much, who called his bluff
The water is holding you in her sheath
The night swim belies the great knife underneath.
The water is holding me like a leaf
A fog circles over great life underneath.
Sun and moon and stars, not enough to find where you are
Sun and moon and sky, all I got and I will get by.

Lifting and tying it down, tying it down.
The girl who said too much, who called his bluff
She called his bluff.