His face white so placid   Her mind was a cold casket      while one counts the birds in hand   the other holds them too tight   she took all of t hem and flew off into the night   floating like a tail-less kite.      He took up all her thought   chewed it up and then forgot      While one holds the birds in hand   the other holds them too tight   she took all of t hem and flew off into the night   floating like a feather in flight      She sees the picture clearer   the knot shapes like fear      you feel that she has forced you   into a corner she has coerced you   but it was her heart she gave out   and your white hand was hardly held out      She thinks of days that passed   remembers and starts to laugh      You feel that she has forced you   into a corner she has coerced you   but it was her heart that she gave out   and your white hand cut it out      While one holds the birds in hand   the other holds them too tight   She took all of them and flew off into the night   floating like a feather in flight   she became the night   she became the night