The Water

Album: The Reminder (2007)
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  • The telegraph cables hum
    And few can decipher who the message is from
    And deliver it quietly
    'Cause some don't get much company

    The harbor becomes the sea
    And lighting the house keeps it collision free
    Understand the lay of the land
    Don't let it hurt you
    Or it will be the first to

    The water
    The water didn't realize
    It's dangerous size
    The mountain
    The mountain came to recognize
    Its steep and rocky sides
    More than realized

    Pale as a pile of bones
    You hope for your babies and this is how they grow
    Wind-battered, knocked over
    The teeth by the shoulder
    Watching the gray sky that's acting like a good guy

    The water
    The water came to realize
    Its dangerous size
    The mountain
    The mountain came to recognize
    Its steep and rocky sides
    Came to recognize
    Its steep and rocky sides
    More than realized Writer/s: Brendan Canning, Leslie Feist
    Publisher: ARTS & CRAFTS MUSIC INC DBA GALLERYAC MUSIC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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