Darlin' One

(album: Don't Tell A Soul - 1989)

The smell of man that now scents your wings
and with that, brings a change in things
Banished forever from the sacred nest
On your snow-white breast
I feel there's still unrest

I said, hey, darling one
Your time has come
Hey, darling one

Five hundred midnights since have passed
Since I held you fast
You were safe at last
Wax burnt my finger like a clear blue flame
So young and tame
I was to blame

And I call your name, darling one
Your time has come
I said hey, darling one
Your time has just begun

I cupped my hands around you
And I swore you would fly
My tears fell through the dirt
As I heaved you to the sky

And I heard, "Darling one
Your time has come
Your time has come
Hey, darling, darling, darling one"

Hey, darling one, your time has come