David Fenton

Lyrics

SPARROW

Sometimes you’re a tiger:
supple, subtle power.
Glowing in the dead of night
you leap, and you devour.
Hot breath in your nostrils.
Panting in your heart.
Longing to keep hold of love, but
tearing it apart.

Mostly, you’re a Sparrow.
Beaten by the storm.
Frozen to a frozen wire.
Afraid of feeling warm.
And, Sparrow, you’re a little girl
with a broken chromosome,
walking unforgiving streets,
never finding home.

Sparrow! fall into my hand let go

Sometimes you’re a lover:
held in serpents’ coils.
Disappointed every time, but
handing out the spoils.
Giving all you can give:
your ultimate embrace.
All they do is crush your life and
throw it in your face.

But mostly, you’re a Sparrow.
Beaten by the storm.
Frozen to a frozen wire.
Afraid of feeling warm.
And, Sparrow, you’re a little girl
with a broken chromosome,
walking unforgiving streets,
never finding home...

I can bring you through the Tsunami...
I can bring you through it all...
I can pull you out of Hell itself.
I’ll stand with you.
You’ll stand tall.

SPARROW!
Fall into my hand

sparrow
I’m waiting right below
let go

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