Looking off the back of the ferry
Rubber boots traipsing through the greenery
The brambles found my skin and clothes and tried to hold on
When you showed me what you could of your life
And you took me there in the kitchen light and I
And you asked if I'd surrender
What I had of my power
Then you drifted off to sleep on my shoulder
It never felt like our decision
It felt like all that we could manage
Was to slow it down catch it in our hands
And try to hold on
When you showed me what you could of your life
And you took me there in the kitchen light and I
And you asked if I'd surrender
What I had of my power
Then you drifted off to sleep on my shoulder
When you asked if I'd surrender
What I had of my power
When the snow is on the ground
And the birds have headed south I swear
The hounds have all settled down
And we've lived it all before
Stepping into something old I swear
I swear