I hid myself from failure and fear   O my dear you're a threat to the bad in us all   They tell themselves that each word from your lips   Or the grace in your eyes overcomes any fall      Over the twilight you're listening for me   Darling, go to sleep   Cradled by moonlight, I'm dreaming we'll be   Loved so deep      Floating and fighting, like a kite on a string   Till you cut through my tether and changed everything   From the sky you looked small, but I loved you the same   So I darted back quickly to spell out your name   And when they say that I'm just a terrible kite   You'll tell them you're proud of my marvelous flight      Don't hide yourself inside till I'm old   O my dear you're a threat to the bad we all see   I'm beside myself for the touch of your lips   Or the grace of your eyes that can see good in me      Over the twilight you're listening for me   Darling, go to sleep   Cradled by moonlight, I'm dreaming we'll be   Loved so deep      Floating and fighting, like a kite on a string   Till you cut through my tether and changed everything   From the sky you looked small, but I loved you the same   So I darted back quickly to spell out your name   And when they say that I'm just a terrible kite   You'll tell them you're proud of my marvelous flight