Petals Lyrics

We hold the fronds of time, pale and lilting

Bear in mind their passage and pattern

Circles and gyres, like anything scattered

Keep a while, your thumb on a petal

A palm in the dirt

We'll hold ourselves entwined, languid and wilting

My oh my, my breath is in tatters

Spiraling smiles and knowing what matters

Hold me tight, your thumb on a petal

A palm on your heart

Always onward, passing forward

What we've come to hold so far

We'll hold a brand new mind, growing and grinning

Dawn-light life and all that comes after

Soft and wild, stumbling through chapters

Tend to that, this thumb like a petal

If there will be mountains, there will be stones

If there will be stones they'll end up in the stream

And there will I be with my feet on those rocks

Somehow I was small and now I'm not

If that's all I know, well, that's all I know

It's mine or the mountain's to guess what it means

Spirals and gyres and everything stops

Plant something new before petals drop