Mother Tongue Songtext
von Half Waif

Fierce and failing
The blue shale
The shawl on her pale head
Where the hair once fell

I see it ailing
The blue whale
The tremor in the right hand
You could only hide so well

When the cloud comes and you lose the sun

The history of the river (Just give it time to pass)
It was never ours (It′s only weather)
Red in the water
From the chemical wars (When the cloud comes and you lose the sun)

I should be angry (Just give it time to pass. It's only weather)
But I′m just tired
The red water flowed from me
Before it was a child


When the cloud comes and you lose the sun
Just give it time to pass

Days are fading. (When everything is lost)
Turtle dove. (And you don't know what to trust: trust the moss)
Crushed velvet in the hall
The color of our love (Trust the geese criss-crossing their way back home)

Edged with pavers (When the cloud comes and you lose the sun)
Crusher run (Trust the meadowlark in the sage brush, landing in a patch of sun)
Fortify the forest. (It's only weather, Trust the forest)
It′s the only way it′s done. (Trust the moss)

When the cloud comes and you lose the sun

Fierce and failing: (When everything is lost. Just give it time to pass by, it's only weather)
The mother tongue. (And you are sky opening to the West. And you don′t know what to trust, trust the moss)
Feeling the absence now (You are sky opening)
Of all the ones I've lost (Trust the geese criss-crossing their way back home)

And if I′ve learned one thing: (Just give it time to pass by)
A mother's love
Is a compass in the wilderness