Mount the Air - The Unthanks

I’ll mount the air on swallows wings

To find my dearest dear

And if I lose my labour

And cannot find him there

I quickly will become a fish to search the roaring seas

I love my love

Because I know my lover

He loves me

I’ll mount the air on swallows wings

To find my dearest dear

And if I lose my labour

And cannot find him there

I quickly will become a fish to search the roaring sea

I love my love

Because I know my lover

He loves me

I’d comb the air and ocean deep

To find my dearest dear

In all my days and empty nights

I cannot find him there

I swiftly will become a deer

And scour the heathered moors

I’ll find my love before

The winter falls on these shores

I’ll cast all fear unto the wind

And bring him to my soul

And if in danger he becomes

And tumbles from my hold

I’ll break the earth on which he lands

And rest his head to sleep

I am my love

Because I know my lover

He is me

I’ll mount the air on swallows wings

To find my dearest dear

And if I lose my labour

And cannot find him there

I quickly will become a fish to search the roaring sea

I love my love

Because I know my lover

He loves me

I’ll mount the air on swallows wings

To find my dearest dear

And if I lose my labour

And cannot find him there

I quickly will become a fish to search the roaring seas

I love my love

Because I know my lover

He loves me

I’ll mount the air on swallows wings

To find my dearest dear

And if I lose my labour

And cannot find him there

I quickly will become a fish to search the roaring seas

I love my love

Because I know my lover

He loves me

A whisper, a memory

I can feel that you are near me

Oh I feel that you are near me

Oh I wish it to be

I’m holding, I’m crying

In hope that you can hear me

Oh I feel that you are near me

Oh I wish you to be