Some lyrics from "One Hundred Words for Water": Song for Yannick We came back from the trip Without an answer, without an answer He’d been waiting for us here Rationing his food and water Turn the key in the dark He’s like a chess piece, after two weeks He’s still waiting for us here Rationing his food and water. Our routine is looming while he’s grooming Lie on the eiderdown, we go from lost to found. In the backyard, he is free offering his tune for three. It was all the same to him the same bed, it was all the same where he’d rest his head. He led us back to us. He needs us less and less. We decide to feel it all We forget about our angry scrawl Our love, he did reinstall So let’s get down to city hall. Prelude and Epilogue Hold on to the edge of the boat we'll go 1, 2, 3 for broke. Shadows are longer as we clear the bay Dinner bell is ringing as we sail away When we fall down to the bottom where we've never been. Our feet touch the ocean floor We step 8, 9, 10 ashore. We're on crown land, we run into the Queen Just like us, she tries stay unseen Public life… this heat is getting to me. Autumn’s here it’s almost too late To dive into this cold lake Now I’m in over my head The waves are what I must tread. 1000 Jacobs 1000 Jacobs make their way across the darkening causeway and in my flip book I can recall his every look. The pages turning make a breeze Across my face putting me at ease And oh his green eyes photograph well Though he denies it. I’m losing sight of the day I caught the ferry too late You’ll never see my storage house I stash, I stash all I can find of you then, replay on my evening walk You know, I’m holding you close when I cross 1000 knotted laces come undone with his embraces, it’s all or none and in my quietude, the thought of his face I can’t refuse I’m losing sight of the day I caught the ferry too late You’ll never reach my storage house I stash, I stash all I can find of you Then replay On my evening walk You know, I’m holding you close when I cross Make my way home without a loss He lies on a bench above the snow The wake he leaves behind is deep and colourful I try to make my way home without a loss The pages, I hold close when I cross, Make my way home without a loss… Ghost in a Landscape You jumped to the ground The jig is up now Your hiding place You tried to remember What brought you here To all the faces staring They’ll take you out Far from the country Far from the country They put your portrait the corner You were the only one in a landscape Leaning against the ruins that they made Everyone else was sitting with their hands in their laps, With their hands in their laps, with their hands in their laps, With their hands in their laps. And so you write from rooms You pay for by the week until you can come home The legends grow You wish the crown would fall in your sleep In your garden, under the arc they thought they saw you passing through You used to talk to ghosts And now it seems that you have become one too. Ophelia I walked down the stairs And saw the ground floor flooded So I took off my robe And I took off my slippers I left them on the steps And walked into the water. He might have left a note somewhere By now, it’s floated down I couldn’t be bothered fishing for a note I couldn’t be bothered. Below the window I float I can’t see outside and no one sees in I’ve grown to like Swimming in my living room The dust is underwater I can’t see it no more The dust is underwater No |I can’t see it no more. (Verse 2 repeats) Below, below, below, lie low… Below the window I float I can’t see outside and no one sees in. Charlie You want me here to witness it all So it will all be true But Charlie I’m through, Charlie I’m through I’m through seeing for you. For seven months, I underscore I was grieving a loss You let me sleep on your living room floor You became my boss. Now Charlie I’m through, Charlie I’m through seeing for you. Charlie I’m through, Charlie I’m through seeing for you. When you had to find new limits You wanted me to be your witness Don’t want to watch you jump through fire Don’t even want to enquire. Charlie I’m through, Charlie I’m through seeing for you. Charlie I’m through, Charlie I’m through seeing for you. You showed me all your videotapes To help me understand Just how much thousands adore you All across the land And as soon as you open the door They come calling for more You want me here to help you ignore But I can’t no more. Now, Charlie I’m through, Charlie I’m through seeing for you. Charlie I’m through, Charlie I’m through seeing for you. Two Boys I left two boys on the roadside of love I left two boys on the roadside I saw them embrace from a mile away then they were gone as my ride turned the corner On the roadside of love I’d seen enough On the roadside of love We parted On the roadside of love I gave them up On the roadside of love We’d step aside, let the tanks roll by The sound would bury their cries. They kept me up, oh they kept me up There were no curtains for me to shut On the roadside of love I’d seen enough On the roadside of love We parted On the roadside of love I gave them up On the roadside of love They’ll be better off now The river to the left widens out The motor runs loud Lets me space out We don’t talk, We don’t talk. Clouds We were well camouflaged in the clouds I forgot all about the strings That used to pull me left then right On the tracks, the cabins that were small and tight. I have named all the cows in the field Now they’re all too small to see Even if we yelled out loud Our voice couldn’t penetrate the cloud Even if we yelled out loud Our voice couldn’t penetrate the cloud. Off with your left and off with your right shoe Watch how they quickly fall from view Down to the ocean or slide off the side of a mountain I can see the sign for 5 Roses Clouds of flour under our noses