To splay your fingers To balance on the toes To move, as graceful as a willow To pull the body up To know what the head knows To move, in worship of miracles Like a terrible comet coming to hit the Earth Writing a list of things you would say first Like a terrible comet coming to hit the Earth Writing a list of things you would say first Identify the first steps Hear them as my own Have I forgotten how to see you? To make a sun rise out of rhythm High up on the shadow Move as graceful as a deer in its light Like a terrible comet coming to hit the Earth Writing a list of things you would say first Like a terrible comet coming to hit the Earth And writing a list of things you would say first Sing to weather, weather high Black cloud Sing to the heather, heather Covered in dew Sing to weather, weather high Black cloud Sing to the heather, heather Covered in dew Finish off that final tree Sink its ash into the sea Empty out that final light Empty patterns into night Finish off that final tree Sink its ash into the sea Empty out that final light Empty patterns into night Finish off that final tree Sink its ash into the sea Empty out that final light Empty patterns into night Finish off that final tree Sink its ash into the sea Empty out that final light Empty patterns into night Finish off that final tree Sink its ash into the sea To be a river walker Where the water is old To be a sun walker Where the air is cold Uncertain on the shadow (Ooh) Lightning lit up the sunburn I'm passing through Never shaped Pure flowing, as a river That makes a sun rise out of rhythm High up on the shadow Move as graceful as a deer in its light Like a terrible comet coming to hit the Earth And writing a list of things you would say first Like a terrible comet coming to hit the Earth And writing a list of things you would say first