The Mountain Goats — Snow Owl The Jordan Lake Sessions Volume 3

[Verse 1] You came down from heaven to the branch outside my window Your feathers were the color of snow The dice were loaded against us ever seeing each other But one of us had nowhere else to go [Verse 2] In your eyes were all the colors the rainbow forgot Your wingspan was three feet wide or better With your voice practicing notes from time's own beginning You took apart the alphabet letter by lettеr [Verse 3] And here, wherе it all stops for good Where the cool waters run Thought I saw a mouse kicking in your beak It was only a skeleton