Tunng - Bodies lyrics

You've grown up so much since I saw you all those days ago Still got that look about you, still got those things that we know Red gilded place in the woods and the words that were said Black twisted branches that hid all the things that we did You threaded wasps on to string and you gave them to me You touched the edges of their wings and the insides of me All of the years make a picture that's faded and bright All of the years make us different and faded and bright Bring back the bodies and lay them out for me Smooth down their crisp clear white wings in the morning Bring back the yellow and black of the bodies Lay them out slowly and string them up gently for me Small piles of sticks built up like temples to time in the sun Beds of green leaves laid out where fear and O negative burn Strange to see you in a suit but your shoes are still red Strange to see you at the front after all that you said Your face changed a long time ago But you're the same underneath this sleet That whirls around like a line between worlds And there are birds in here singing lullabies to me About bodies and you and me and all that we've seen And you and all that you've seen Bring back the bodies and open them for me Lift out their shimmering hearts in the morning Bring back the yellow and black of the ocean Let me out slowly and sing to me coldly Bring back the yellow and black of the bodies Let me in slowly and string me up sensitively