[Verse 1] Under the ash tree, your hands hold the thread Of a story the winter forgot to have said I follow one footstep, then lose where it bends A question with no mouth, a road with no end [Wordless Vocalise] Mmm—mm-ah, mmm—ah Ooh, mm-ah, mmm [Verse 2] You leave a small bowl by the old wooden door With rain on the rim and a sprig from the moor I lift it and listen; the room changes shape A blue kind of silence slips under the gate [Pre-Chorus] If I turn, will the hush still be near? If I breathe, will you know I am here? [Chorus] Stay where the water runs clear through the stone Stay where the lost things remember their own I will carry your name in the fold of my sleeve Not to hold you forever, just not to let leave [Wordless Vocalise] Mm—ah, mm—ah, mmm—ooh Ah—mm, ah—mm, ooh [Verse 3] At dawn, a pale feather is caught in the rain It trembles once softly, then rises again You smile like a window left open at last And all of the distance grows gentle and vast [Bridge] No bell, no fire, no sign from above Just your thumb drawing circles in mine A turning, a pause, a change in the air The world making room for a different kind of prayer [Chorus] Stay where the water runs clear through the stone Stay where the lost things remember their own I will carry your name in the fold of my sleeve Not to hold you forever, just not to let leave [Outro] Mmm—mm-ah, the thread becomes light Mm—ah, mm—ah, carried through night Ooh, mmm—ah, softly we turn Where the quiet keeps watch, and the small rivers learn
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