KING CRIMSON - Islands lyrics

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Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea<br>Waves sweep the sand from my island.<br>My sunsets fade.<br>Field and glade wait only for rain<br>Grain after grain love erodes my<br>High weathered walls which fend off the tide<br>Cradle the wind<br>To my island.<br><br>Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide<br>Mournfully glide o'er my island.<br>My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale,<br>Dissolves in the sun.<br>Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run<br>Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes<br>Violet skies<br>Touch my island,<br>Touch me.<br><br>Beneath the wind turned wave<br>Infinite peace<br>Islands join hands<br>'neathe heaven's sea.<br><br>Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone<br>Hungrily reach from my island.<br>Clutch sailor's words - pearls and gourds<br>Are strewn on my shore.<br>Equal in love, bound in circles.<br>Earth, stream and tree return to the sea<br>Waves sweep sand from my island,<br>From me.