Slip Away - Kathryn Calder

Read a story from your sleep

You’ll tell me everything I need to know

Turn in thread into a verse

We sit and watch the Fall return to earth

Quietly as autumn comes

The days are getting shorter

One by one

Waiting here for you

Spinning on a shelf

I’m wasting my time waiting for myself

Hide my hands behind my back

My fingertips, they hold a secret

I have to hold it lightly though

Be very careful not to break it

I’m holding on to something lost

I should just let go and move on

When I’m fast asleep

It flutters in my palm

And by the time I wake up it is gone

Slips away, slips away

Slips away, slips away

Slips away, slips away

Slips away, slips away

Ooh ooh ooh ooh

Hide my hands behind my back

My fingertips, they hold a secret

I have to hold it lightly though

Be very careful not to break it

I’m holding on to something lost

I should just let go and move on

When I’m fast asleep

It flutters in my palm

And by the time I wake up it is gone

Slips away, slips away

Slips away, slips away

Slips away, slips away

Slips away, slips away

Ooh ooh ooh ooh