[Verse 1] In a valley veiled in silver rain Where the stars forgot their names Lived a bird with feathers pale And a sunrise in her tail Past the willow, past the stone Through the mist she flew alone Something golden, small and shy Trembled underneath the sky [Chorus] Oh, little bird of amber thread Where do all your feathers shed? Over meadows, soft with dew Where the first pale primroses grew And the hills, so blue and deep Stir a little in their sleep While you follow far away The silver footsteps of the day [Verse 2] On a branch of budding pine She watched the rain draw silver lines She tucked her beak beneath her wing Too tired now to fly or sing Beneath the moss, where raindrops lay A sleeping seed began to sway [Bridge] Hush, the river Hush, the reed Rain is falling On the seed [Final Chorus] Oh, little bird of amber thread Dawn is gathering overhead Over meadows, soft with dew Little bells of blossom grew And the hills, so blue and deep Shake the mist out of their sleep While the sky unfolds its grey Into petals of the day [Outro] In the valley, silver rain And the stars remember names On a branch of budding pine One small feather catches light
