Camminante

Ah, I saw you leaning out the window
following far away the seagull's flight
you silently chewed a welcome
and I met you strange

I no longer seek the celebration of your gaze
nor even the face that is friendly to me
I look at you, I greet you and I tell myself
that it's hard to have you

black and greasy hair like the crow
lips tight with the knot of pride
hate me to not fall quickly
into the love I don't want
so I meet myself alone, alone and lost
like when the birds migrate
leaving their nest
like when the birds migrate
leaving their nest

but I remain content
for what has passed
I carry a promise hanging on my heart
and some stolen kisses
and I want to remain quiet
and dream lost
dreaming that it's just us two
in the open sea
dreaming that it's just us two
in the open sea

take away passions, friends,
the laughter of greeting,
but you can't lose what
you've never really had
you can't lose anything if
you've never had anything

cuttlefish have white bones and the hippogriff
has a dark beak and strong is its neigh

distant like the sky in Patagonia
I set off embracing the dreams I've suffered
far away like the sky in Patagonia
I reach out to the dreams I've suffered

like when the birds migrate
leaving their nest
leaving their nest
like when the birds migrate
leaving their nest