Katla -

dreamed i was her only child

wrapped in burning blankets

on the ice

licked clean of spoiled honey

from a distant rotten hive

a boy like me can only dare to try

to be seen

but the vision was wrong

i sold it for a song

its colours were out of key

horses charging the bay

aflame

all the small lights swept away

i’m ready to see you now

i’m ready to see

in the path of her last false start

no one’s holding their breath

all we have are these pounding hearts

and whatever comes next

dreamed i was a lonely lake

wrapped in quiet miles of unmapped space

from cradle to caldera

passing notes from cage to cage

a bird like me can only dare to try

to fly free

in the eye of the song

i’m already gone

but maybe i won’t draw your fire

singing your name

because i’ve loved you from far away

but it’s only far away

i’m ready to see