The start was a long goodbye In the end you just left me here You wait for no miracle You go to the land some book has told you about So go you must find some warmth The warmth you never found In your family You hide under maple leaves That's the most secret place Hide your secret beauty Just guard that secret well With your life And for everything you've got a name And for everywhere you've got a map But all the while You were just sharpening your knife Go and save this country A lot of people wait Help to prevent forest fires But you will always stand in flames And at least you need one year off Just enough to define yourself But all the while You were just sharpening your knife In your sleep You were seeing me driving Past some Canadian airline But all your shirts And short skirts are too cold For some national park in the north Cause it takes no meteorological knowledge To say that the beach isn't warm in the arctic All the while you were close to Alaska You just pretended you were here with me And all the while You were just sharpening your knife All the while You were just waiting to push me off the cliff