Swineherd Lyrics

You went up to the ruins

When no one else could be bothered

Too many crickets buzzing around

Too many fables of ferocious enmity

Spoke like a prophet

Turned their ears to the ground

Wept like an anchorite

Wade the stream like you're walking on land

Like you're walking on land

Like you're walking on land

Ah

Ah

(Place your hand in mine

You whose wounds are healing mine)

Every bush is burning

Beyond the brambles at the end

Of these tarmacked roads

You kneel at my feet

I am burning at the roots

Are these branches broken off

So I may be grafted in

Or do I lie arrogant in the rubble

Why is everyone so afraid

To say they simply do not know

We walk through the forest

Without a clue as to where the path will lead

The birds are chirping in their nest

I just want a nest to lay my eggs

They'll eventually hatch and dive to the ground

Not knowing if their feathers will catch the wind

Ah

Ah

(Place your hand in mine

You whose wounds are healing mine)

Every bush is burning

Beyond the brambles at the end

Of these tarmacked roads

You kneel at my feet

I am burning at the roots

Are these branches broken off

So I may be grafted in

Or do I lie arrogant in the rubble

Every common bush afire

Every common bush afire

Every common bush afire

Hold my sandals, I'm heading into the fire

Every common bush afire

Every common bush afire

Every common bush afire

Hold my sandals, I'm heading into the fire

Gather courage, pour my time into devotion

But those little things like to creep

Like the crickets breathe, I've never been better

I just listen to the fables

Wept like a scourge

Patient I watch like a swineherd (I just listen to the fables)

Wept like a scourge

Patient I wait, my sandals on (I just listen to the fables)