Lyrics
Sleep comes and in my dreams
Sleep brings dreams to me
Images of bouncing planes
Mental images of planes bouncing
Over the clouds they fly
Planes flying above the clouds
And I feel safe a while
A sense of security during sleep
Sleep comes in my dreams
Repetition: Sleep and dreams
Images of bouncing planes
Repetition: Mental images of bouncing planes
Over the clouds they fly
Repetition: Planes flying above the clouds
And I feel safe a while
Reiteration of feeling safe during sleep
The rain is the river bird
Rain symbolizes the river bird
It climbs up high then dives
The river bird ascends and descends
Back down again to this earth
Returning to earth, immersed in a frightening spotlight
Entrenched in scary spotlight
The vulnerability of being exposed
In pastures wide unknown
In vast, unfamiliar landscapes
Bubbling up through memories
Memories surfacing like bubbles
Of soil and old land's bones
Recollections of soil and ancestral remains
The roots of pure and verdant homes
The roots of homes, pure and green
Carve their mark on minds and lives
Leaving a lasting impact on minds and lives
Etched in flesh and stone
Imprinted in both flesh and stone
These sights are quite deceiving
Misleading appearances in the morning light
In the morning light
Continuation of deceptive sights in the morning
The rain is the river bird
Reiteration: Rain symbolizing the river bird
It climbs up high then dives
Repetition: The river bird's ascension and descent
Back down again to this earth
Repetition: Returning to earth, exposed in a spotlight
Entrenched in scary spotlight
Reiteration of vulnerability in exposure
The sea brings new treasures to the land
The sea brings valuable treasures to the land
Traded for silt and sand
Exchanged for silt and sand
Small hands gather rocks on beaches
Children collect rocks on beaches
While I lay blissfully speechless
The speaker lies content, possibly in silence
Sometimes I pretend that I'm hiding again
A playful imagining of hiding
From the words that appear in my brain
Struggling with thoughts emerging in the mind
Thoughts to confuse and lose me
Thoughts causing confusion and potential loss
In my ego's unscripted refrain
Ego's unscripted and spontaneous influence
The rain is the river bird
Reiteration: Rain symbolizing the river bird
It climbs up high then dives
Repetition: The river bird's ascension and descent
Back down again to this earth
Repetition: Returning to earth, exposed in a spotlight
Entrenched in scary spotlight
Reiteration of vulnerability in exposure
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