A FLAKE FROM THE SUN, A ROAD THAT LEADS HOME

The night moves with the fireflies

The longest days begin 

The weather moves inside her eyes

The rain drips on my skin 

I went swimming when the night was black 

To call my fears away

But the channels here are very deep

And when the fog moves in, it stays

I searched for meaning in the sky

Listening for my name

The cricket song lifted from the garden

Fireflies carried it away

The ocean, she remembered me 

She watched me being born 

She gave me the color of my eyes

The way the water looks before a storm 

I have a place where I can go

When I have no strength in my hands anymore

All that you have while you're here is your soul

A flake from the sun, a road that leads home 

I remember her from far away

On summer night when the fireflies raise

Carrying off the cricket song

On the eastern wind that leads back home

I went swimming when the night was black

Without the cover of sun

My fear, it carried me away

And pulled me under the ocean

But under the weight of the water 

My soul had come awake 

I was born at the height of a storm

Where the only the biggest waves break

Listening, I heard my name 

How a mother would speak to her daughter

Anyone can drown, my girl 

But it's you who can breath underwater

I have a place where I can go

When I have no strength in my hands anymore

All that you have while you're here is your soul

A flake from the sun, a road that leads home.