Shallow Water

You were a bird, an eagle
I was the sun, a father
We crossed a hundred rivers
You fished in shallow water

And now
You're asking for a second chance
The monks go down to wash their hands and you don't

And now
Children know the subtle tongue
And you mumble in an iron lung crying for your mom

The rabbits stayed in their holes
The fires were great in number
The men we saw, distracted
Slow to wake and slow to slumber

And now
You're asking for a second chance
The monks go down to wash their hands and you don't

And now
Children know the subtle tongue
And you mumble in an iron lung crying for your mom