[00:46.50]The air was thick like honey
[00:50.31]Looking from a room
[00:54.06]The room had open windows
[00:57.78]To let this springtime through
[01:01.71]Evening stood by watching
[01:04.70]At the side of summer's promise
[01:09.00]The flowers in her garden
[01:12.51]Were the envy of her friends
[01:16.44]How far are we from dying
[01:19.98]Is it nearly at an end
[01:23.79]How far are we from dying
[01:27.21]Is it nearly at an end
[01:31.17]The smoke hung on the skyline
[01:34.77]The city fell in silence
[01:38.40]The sunset ripe and mellow
[01:41.52]Was the light to write some thoughts by
[01:45.72]Her children watched for father
[01:48.57]From a window in the wall
[01:53.01]Said a prayer for grandpapa
[01:56.61]And maybe many more
[02:00.18]Somewhere in the distance
[02:03.42]On the road so far away
[02:07.47]I heard the sound of life
[02:10.83]With all the people left for home
[02:44.13]Three birds flew off a building
[02:47.34]Standing proud against the sky
[02:52.26]Many more flew with them
[02:54.60]Spiralled upward like laughter
[02:59.04]Faster harder
[03:02.46]They rose up in a column
[03:06.18]Hundreds upon hundreds
[03:09.78]And twice that many wingspeed
[03:13.53]Four miles across
[03:16.08]Stretched a million miles high
[03:20.64]The living pulsing column
[03:24.15]In the lady of the sky
[03:28.23]Feathers thrashed together
[03:31.83]Blocked in that huge swarm
[03:34.62]I knew no one could see it
[03:38.91]And now that it was gone
[03:42.51]I rubbed my eyes but tried to find
[03:46.05]A reason for the flight
[03:50.04]Exodus escape
[03:52.53]Or was it just for me to see
[03:56.37]Like the mating of the earth and air
[04:00.33]Like water is to flowers
[04:04.20]The envy of her friends
[04:07.26]How far are we from dying
[04:09.00]Is it nearly at an end
[04:11.76]How far are we from dying
[04:15.63]Is it nearly at an end
[04:16.41]How far are we from dying
[04:21.39]Is it nearly at an end
[04:26.67]How far are we from dying
[04:28.68]Is it nearly at an end
[04:29.31]How far are we from dying
[04:30.69]Is it nearly at an end
[04:35.40]How far are we from dying
[04:37.53]Is it nearly at an end
[04:38.28]How far are we from dying
[04:43.26]Is it nearly at an end