A Long Year Songtext
von Matthew and the Atlas

Love, I know, it′s been a long, long year
While we lived in the flicker of the light
I hung those feathers like hair upon your shoulder
Best not to tether our bodies to the ground

Like a flightless bird on a wide-winged hope
Cradled by the dawn
The afterglow, a mother's love
A deer trail in the snow

I keep the static playing on the radio
You move through the room with a misty halo


Like a flightless bird on a wide-winged hope
Cradled by the dawn
The afterglow, a mother′s love
A deer trail in the snow
And we unfold to the edge of it
A crimson sky hangs low
A rush of blood, a hammer blow
A deer trail in the snow

Like a flightless bird on a wide-winged hope
Cradled by the dawn
The afterglow, a mother's love
A deer trail in the snow
And we unfold to the edge of it
A crimson sky hangs low
A rush of blood, a hammer blow
A deer trail in the snow

Love, I know, it's been a long, long year