To face a fear (why am I)

from Dorm recordings 1998-2000 by The Small Hours

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Why am I?

I'll follow the river where it flows
I'll follow the frost when summer comes
I'll dwell in the greyish winter sundays
where thoughts are frozen, torned and broken

Small things, like the way that ice taps cling
onto the roof in early spring
can still comfort me when darkness fall
when thoughts are frozen, torned and broken

There will be a time when I must give in
to the flight of years
To leave behind, to break a path, to face a fear

So tell me I'm the only one - a warmth like that
is all I need. Give me shelter from the storm of life.

So grant me the sunlight, let me sleep
on meadows of green grass.
Summer feet lightly dance in circles, life arouses.
So free, I'm home.

There will be a time when I must give in
to the flight of years
To leave behind, to break a path, to face a fear

I am I.

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from Dorm recordings 1998-2000, released October 31, 2010

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