Run the Banner Down - Shearwater

Run the banner down

And hide in the broken palms

But out of the blackness comes

A point of starry light

And a mountain moves

And the pressure drops

Snow on your open palms

Under a northern star

Leave the tape unwound

And the film unthreaded

In a summer rain

Where your image is frozen

And thrown into the lake

Where the words rebound

With the way you laid out

Your hands on my shoulders:

Open your mouth

Close your eyes

Open your mouth