Thus Owls Smoke Like Birds lyrics

Music & Lyrics: Erika Angell


From land we could see
how the smoke rose towards the sky,
like birds, from the boats hit at sea.
During the second war,
she said, the land was ripped from trees
and if we climbed the highest peek
we could see
when the thunder struck man at sea.

Thick fog in her eyes
diverge and wipe out her last sight.
Night falls to stay around the clock.

A cradle in her mind holds our past,
like a bean within its pod,
and when she makes us climb the peak
we do see
when the thunder struck men at sea.

The grey and wet did grow on you and me.
We both were born to walk the rugged
rocks in west.
The burning boats are gone and lost.
When you are too you will keep being
part of me.