I was born with my
fathers blue eyes and i
have the shadow of his face on mine
a blessed curse

i've shown myself to be
the kind to show my
truest colours late in life
a curious display

I don't know why I feel this way
but I want you to say
you see the you in me
and you love me for my truth

I'm not the easiest
of children, daughters can be
difficult and worrisome, i have
grieved you i'm sure

as i've grown older i've
emerged from under my skin
i am more of you, and all of you
that i could hope to be

oh i hope you see me
oh i hope you'll one day see me
that as the day to light
is moon to night is you to me
in the age of me I am the youth of you
i'm everything aspiring to be you
i hope you'll see me
i hope you'll see me trying to be true
to you and me, me and you

I don't know why I feel this way
but I want you to say
you see the you in me
and you love me for my truth

did you ever love me?
ever really love me?
for i loved you

you with all your older, wiser, always knowing better
condemning all my youthful, ideal hopes
convincing me that you were right
i subjugated all my life... for i loved you, i really loved you.

i thought that we could grow together, surely somewhere
there would be some moment where you saw me
you really saw me and believed
these things i knew and know are right... for I loved you, i really loved you.

i hoped we would be friends by now, you would've softened sooner
perhaps have learnt some grace for all your years
but i know that things are done forever
we can never be repaired.. although i loved you..

did you ever love me?
ever really love me?
oh, i loved you.

if one day you came to me contritely, not even pride
would hold me back I would embrace you, for I loved you
and i have always acknowledged I was young and thereby foolhardy enough
to have something to learn but also teach you
i could have taught you so much for i loved you
enough to have the patience it took for all those years
to love you and to teach you
i wonder do you remember anything I taught you while I loved you

did you ever love me?
ever really love me?
oh, i loved you.
i loved you.
will you love me again, one day?

all my stories and ancestors
are written on my body
with scars and shadows
in the set of my jaw

see i was made how i am
so i hold nothing, i simply am
well i hold nothing, all of me
is held by the hands
that made the stars
and he made me, his delight

i can speak like the rushing wind

it falls from my tongue
like a night full of rain
it falls where it must and
it lands where it can

you got me in a awful mess
you know me the best
for i see what i'ved asked you for
but i didn't know what i was getting
still i'm into you
like the rain falling for the dew
we are so alike it's almost
frightening, my dear heart
but i would make my world collide with you

are you coming for me here
or should i run after you
where are you now
in dusk while I'm at dawn?
for you seem so far away
i only ever catch you at the corner
of my mind, will i only
ever recognize your shadow

til i see your face
and you will cover me
when i know your name
and you will cover me
i'll walk under your shadow
quite willingly so you
can cover me
for i am wild and untamed

will you cover me?
i know you'll comfort me>
i hope you can cover me
for i am wild and untamed
but you, you are the one
you are the constant storm

here i am now
a little broken and bruised
led to your throne
ever merciful one
cos you come like the dawn at the end of the night
and you come like the rains in spring
flood over me again
and lead me home

to the everlasting arms
in your everlasting love
you alone are all there is know and be made known
an anthem of your praise be heard
even in the darkest days