Evening over Rooftops - 2001 Remaster

The air was thick like honey
 Looking from a room
 The room had open windows
 To let this springtime through
 Evening stood by watchin'
 At the side of summer's promise
 The flowers in her garden
 Were the envy of her friends
 How far are we from dying
 Is it nearly at an end?
 How far are we from dying
 Is it nearly at an end?
 The smoke hung on the skyline
 The city fell in silence
 The sunset, ripe and mellow
 Was the light to write some thoughts by
 Her children watched for father
 From a window in the wall
 Said a prayer for grandpapa
 And maybe many more
 Somewhere in the distance
 On the road so far away
 I heard the sound of life
 Though the people left for home
 Three birds flew off a building
 Standing proud against the sky
 Many more flew with them
 Spiralled up like laughter
 Faster, harder
 They rose up in a column
 Hundreds upon hundreds
 And twice that many wingspeed
 Four miles across
 Stretched a million miles high
 The living pulsing column
 In the lady of the sky
 Feathers thrashed together
 Locked in that huge swarm
 I knew no-one could see it
 And now that it was gone
 I rubbed my eyes and tried to find
 A reason for the flight
 Exodus, escape
 Or was it just for me to see?
 Like the mating of the earth and air
 Like water is to flowers
 The envy of her friends
 How far are we from dying, is it nearly at an end?
 How far are we from dying
 Is it nearly at an end?
 How far are we from dying
 Is it nearly at an end?...