you wrecked yourself again
just trying to stop the pain
from tomorrow or maybe yesterday
but they will never be
you heard it on the wind
spoken like a child
and wings they grew out from your mouth
and the words they fell like the storms

sweet love it passes
like water through these hands
and the more you try to hold the sparrow
the farther that it flys away

go fast she says
it's your time and now your know
the truth is never black or white
only the shades between
if the sentence has been spoken
abate your broken mind
we''ll wait for the night to fall
and the stars will guide our way

sweet love it passes
like water through these hands
and the more you try to hold the sparrow
the farther that it flys away

and I don't want to hold on to anything anymore
I want to just let roll right over me
there's no time for looking back
the sea has already changed the shore
with the tides, with the tides

are the dreamers awake
their eyes they can't believe
stinging like an iron's brand
or the scream of a broken winged bird
if the hills they are on fire
between two working hands
if the fire burns down to the ground
don't you hold your head back down

sweet love it passes
like water through these hands
and the more you try to hold the sparrow
the farther that it flys away