I hold my breath whenever the deer come
Don't move the air,
don't wanna scare em
We're in twilight, weathering dawn
A stake on the mother and her fawn
When I breathe again, they are gone
Wish I were younger, wish I were stronger
Wish pain would go quicker,
and love would last longer
But just when I'm sure nothing is true
No one hurts half as much as I do
The trees move,
they're coming through
Oh, don't it make you feel
Awfully safe an d sound?
Yeah, it sure does make me feel
Like what's lost could be found
The seeds are in the ground
The sun comes up and down
The deer are all around
We hold our breath
whenever the deer come
Winter or spring, summer or autumn
Nothing's so quiet, nothing's so good
As their eyes at the edge of the world
We'd follow if we could
Oh, let us disappear, let us disappear
For a long, long, long hour
Let us disappear
Turn us into moss,
turn us into wildflower s
So they won't know we're here,
and we can't just be near
The deer being dear
Oh, don't it make you feel
Awfully safe and sound?
It sure does make me feel
like what's lost will be found
Seeds are in the ground,
the sun comes up and down
The deer are all around
Though they run away
Though they never stay
They'll come another day
We hold our breath
We hold our breath