Hold, bird, hold,
Did you see it?
Hum, poised in the tender,
Hold, behold your daughter,
Face, bird, frozen in grace,
Held, held my daughter's face,
Tipped through her clouded face,
So raw, toil, waste,
Flutter, hold, haste.
Did you see the bird?
Did you see the bird?
Did you see the bird held in grace?
Behold my daughter,
Hold my daughter,
Hold my child,
Hold my child,
Hold my child's face.
Hold, behold,
Did you see her face?
Hair flying through the ether,
Hold, behold your daughter,
Face, hair curling in grace,
Held, held her bone-white hair,
Beheld her dreaming hair,
Incandescent, fair,
Flutter, hold, haste.
Did you see her disappear?
Did you see her disappear?
Did you see her disappear?
Running in thin air.
Hold your daughter,
Hold your daughter,
Hold your child,
Hold your child,
Hold your child's face.
Grace held grace,
Did you hold?
Nothing held in the cup,
Hold, behold nothing,
Face nothing,
Enraptured in grace,
Held, held nothing's face,
Pressed nothing's face,
Raw, toil, waste,
Flutter, hold, haste.
Did you see nothing?
Did you see nothing?
Did you see nothing, blossoming in the universe?
Hold nothing,
Hold nothing,
Hold nothing,
Hold onto nothing,
Behold nothing.
Even at sheer darkness,
Even at sheer darkness,
Even at sheer darkness,
Even at sheer darkness.
