an original song for the season
and probably the last from me this week, brother.
inspired by a song from Grand Salvo's 2008 LP, "Death", titled 'Bird'.
the original
here. a recent cover from myself and my wife
here.
this, the reply from the man to his feathered friend.
baritone ukuleles, voice.
THE BEAR, THE FISH, THE MAN
I remember when once I held you
in the palm of my open hand.
You came to me just like a dog,
like sunrise to the day.
I would wait for you there
until the sky shed its skin.
All fledglings leave the nest;
the ending is just the begin...
begin the begin
the bear the fish and the man
begin the begin
with you in my open hand
I used to feed you grain
as the winter it brewed like a storm.
And I saw you there in your nest
as a mother sees over her young.
I will wait for you
until my days they have all disappeared.
To hear your wings beat like the heart
that faded into what it feared.
begin the begin
we will begin again
the bear the fish and the man
and you in my open hand