Flock Of Words

Trey Anastasio

A change in your voice was all that I heard 
A quavering breath a pause in a word 
A shadow that suddenly covered my eyes 
A ripple of water quite smooth otherwise 

You try to go back and pave over the hole 
Where an intake of breath had punctured my soul 
Let me know let me know I need to know 

A moment of silence it now seems absurd 
That I learned so much from a pause in a word 
Every bird on the wing leads the others along 
Inside your flock of words something went wrong 

I don't think that I was expecting a lie 
I just saw them pass me and one couldn't fly 
Let me go let me go I need to go