[Verse 1] Liis Sepp walks clean through the morning Blue-gray eyes, bright and awake Porcelain skin and a steady jawline Honey-blonde waves on her shoulders break She speaks like glass and winter water Clear as a map, sharp as a flame [Verse 2] Liis Sepp studies code by evening Final year, with a borderless mind Two worlds in her hands, kept separate One for the room, one out of sight A city boy comes seldom calling She keeps her heart like a locked-up file [Pre-Chorus] Oh, Liis Sepp She knows the line Oh, Liis Sepp She keeps her time In the old reed-song In the old gold rain She does not bend She learns her name [Chorus] Liis Sepp, Liis Sepp Stand where the clear winds sing Liis Sepp, Liis Sepp Stone-sure in everything Liis Sepp, Liis Sepp Bright as a winter dawn Liis Sepp, Liis Sepp Carry the flame on [Verse 3] She can speak in English, careful and bright And answer back in Russian or German Finnish finds a bridge in her voice When the room is kind and the words keep turning Lutheran on paper, unheld in practice She doubts the shape but respects the seam [Bridge] She is not made of easy trusting Not made for a simple fall Half the world wants one true story Liis Sepp gives them some, not all Still she moves like a song from the heather Old and new in the same gold thread [Chorus] Liis Sepp, Liis Sepp Stand where the clear winds sing Liis Sepp, Liis Sepp Stone-sure in everything Liis Sepp, Liis Sepp Bright as a winter dawn Liis Sepp, Liis Sepp Carry the flame on [Outro] Liis Sepp Name like a bell in the pines Liis Sepp Strong in her own design Liis Sepp, Liis Sepp Still she rises, still she shines
