I couldn't tell who you were after all this time
I couldn't tell who you were
I once heard you were hiding inside a purple flower
And your tears played frozen rhythms
Symphonies in the dark
And moonlight's blue as sharp as razors
Would cut your shadow up
No I couldn't tell who you were after all this time
I couldn't tell who you were
I thought you wouldn't sing no more
A song that had died
I still remember we sang together
One voice through the night
About fresh trembling reeds
The beauty on the water side
How rags of fog are floating downstream
And re- and disappear
How two trees are slightly rocking
Along with the breeze
Always loving and always growing
Winter into May
I heard you left one morning
With a prayer in your ears
And you were wading thru
Swamps that were sissing too
Trying to throw a line
To a heaven in the sky
No I couldn't tell who you were after all this time
But far away in a little grave
Waiting to die for you
Lied your laugh and dashed tear frozen
Rhythms remembering you
Then cried the little grave her tear
And softly did you hear
How once more one very last time
Your laugh went through the night
credits
from Blabber 'n Smoke,
released January 1, 2002
E. Griffioen: vocals
A. Martens: guitar
H. Rosenbrock: bass
T. Stoyanov: percussion
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