Kairos

White Hinterland Kairos Lyrics
1.Icarus

Let the sun rain down on me
'Til covered in dew
All pink and new and reborn
Cut past the grey and countless forms
Condemned to be killed or be conquered.

Slender as a carp you are
Your skin defiantly silver and so sure
As for me, I am not so sure
I watch you skate like a knife
Beneath the water

Though I can see clearly what's ahead of me
I cannot stop it once I'm set a-spinning
What can it mean, why must I always see
The ending at the beginning?

Together going arm and arm
To meet our solitude, to meet it head on
I'll meet you where the water's warm
To meet my solitude, to meet it head on

Though I can see clearly ahead of me
I cannot stop it once I'm set a-spinning
What can it mean? Why must I always see
The ending at the beginning?


2.Moon Jam

I went swimming in a black and silent sea
While I was in between
Waking and dreaming
In my mind a knot was gathering
I am afraid of so many things

& I cannot control myself

The water moved around me
Like a cloud of ink
'Til I came upon a lake
The sun has never seen

& I cannot control myself

The fish went wild
Their eyes aglow and seeking heat
Like shards of glass
fitting on past me in the lake below
Life without a moon and stars
Is no life at all
I am afraid of so many things

I am afraid of so many things
But I do not fear the future
What lies ahead is between
me and the universe.


3.No Logic

There is no logic
No reason
No logic at all
To keep holding on
To the hope
You'll turn into
The man I thought you were

I can't sit still
I can't stay in one place too long
Are you comfortable? Are you comfortable?
I'm moving along.

Your voice, though stentorian,
cannot hide the shadow of a doubt
Your thoughts may seem golden now
give them time, time to sort them out

How do you know the name
the name of the one you love?
the name of the one you love?
what does it feel like?
can it make a sound?
what does it sound like?


4.Begin Again

I have seen the sun at dawn
Glisten like a marble
I have seen the golden light
That your love has to offer
I can feel the strength of your power
Through the prism of your laughter
There is so much that I have to learn
There is so much that I'm after

Begin again
the everyday and the ordinary
Take the light out of the window
Put it down on the page:
Hardwood chair, foot of the bed
Spliced in half, make them new again
It was you who found the silver thread
But it was me who did the mending

Let it go, let it roll right off your shoulder
Just like the rain
Let it go, let it roll right off your shoulder
Start again, begin again


5.Bow & Arrow

There are some things better kept to yourself.
Some people are better left to themselves.
You're one of those better left to themselves.
I never know what might set you off.

You want to kiss me, but you don't know how.
I want to hold you, but I can't right now.
You want to love me, but you don't know how.
You never know what might set me off.

I want a house of stone set out in the woods.
I want a house of stone surrounded by birches.
I want a house of stone set out in the woods.

Pull up the bone, draw out the marrow
I am the bow, you are the arrow


6.Amsterdam

In the rain in Amsterdam
I thought I saw you
In a window looking back
Over your shoulder

In the rain in Amsterdam
I was writing to you
On a postcard
I never bothered to send

There were doves
Circling above me
And tulips all around
What were you trying to tell me?
I could not make it out.

In the rain in Amsterdam
I thought I caught you
Bent over the canals
Gazing at your own reflection

In the rain in Amsterdam
I saw little of the city
Only water, so much water
Falling in a veil around me

Who's to say how long
'til this rain is done?


7.Thunderbird

In the morning,
While you're sleeping
Barely moving, heavy breathing
In the morning,
I am leaving, the horizon
My undoing

Different cities, bigger cities
Through it all, we were drifting
You cannot keep me,
Keep me steady
The horizon
always floating

Through the walls now, I can hear you
Hear you moving, barely breathing
Through the walls now, I can feel you
If that's not you, it must be thunder.


8.Cataract

On our bed the curtain's falling
Against the din
Of a descending hush
And though the night
Bent to kiss my bare shoulders
I could not keep out the dark

Without any warning

Is there no good news I can tell you?
Is there nothing that'll shake you
From your blackest moods
And your spells of mercury?

Is there nothing you can tell me?
Is there nothing that will shake me
when my temper starts to unfurl?
Who was the first to fall?

Without any warning

Even though you may be
Out of the picture, baby
You can still call on me
From time to time
Even though I may be
Out of your picture, darling
You can rely on me
From time to time


9.Huron

Where do we go from here on?
Where's home if you are gone?

With you, I'm home.

Where do we go from here on?
When home can be such an unsettling though?

With you, I'm home.


10.Magnolias

There are some days
Alive in me
More alive than me
In those days

Bleeding into the lake
Is a blood-red paper corsage
Once you said that you hated all flowers
But for magnolias.

You never cared
For the finer things, for linen or fancy cars
And the sweet summer hymn of violins
Played in your ear like nails on a chalkboard.

I never could understand your words
Though we shared our fair share of blood
When you said you looked forward to death
Who were you putting on?

O Heaven
I've dreamed you
for such a long time.
Heaven is a lake
inside a crystal bowl
with tea lights and magnolias
floating on the water.
Forever and ever:
As far as the eye can wander.