A thousand butterflies lifting away As the hunter pursues his wounded prey The diver and water coming face to face In the shock of a birth such a strange grace
I can't, I can't, I can't keep It's so, it's so, it's so deep
Walking through the sand soft with sea Eating chicken curry with English tea The secret in the small boy's secret garden I've seen the women with the naked children
The winter owl in the snow clean suburbs Haunting the ordinary with wild wise proverbs The crack of an eagle's egg the beast appears And suddenly you've peeled back a million years