The Bone Carver Songtext
von And Also the Trees

The carver of bone
Shapes the head
A mouth and nose
The jackal spine curved by the fireside
A buffalo runs across the plain
She walks through the room
A seagull′s distant wail
Shining gold
Shining gold
The carver of bone


Oh leave me here
Tap dripping in the fire
Moonlight on the stream
Backward somersaulting home

The carver of bone
Tilts the head
An eye that roams
The samovar in the corner sighs
A whale skull
Brought by the giving tide
Shining gold
Her drying clothes

Oh leave me here
Tap dripping in the fire
Moonlight on the stream
The workers feet going home

The carver of bone