Swanling Lyrics

I made a vow

Solemn and true

Tiny swanling

This one's for you

Strange veins I found

About which she sings

This small unborn thing

This swan without wings

And though I never met you

Though your legs will never swim

I'll hold you close beside me

In my thoughts and to my skin

And when it's time to say goodnight

And dark is all you see

Please let your mother know

The two of you are safe with me

I made a vow

The instant I heard

Tiny swanling

To heal how she hurt

Your mother so pure

My reasoning clean

You're important to her

So you're important to me

And I can never write beginnings

But this, the start of something good

I feel a change is coming

In my flesh and in my blood

The burning of my skin

And the damnation of my soul

It feels like recompense

For all those years I spent alone

And though I never met you

Though your legs will never swim

I'll hold you close beside me

In my thoughts and to my skin

And when it's time to say goodnight

And dark is all you see

Please let your mother know

The two of you are safe with me