The Flood-Delta Spirit

[ti:The Flood] [ar:Delta Spirit] [al:The Waits Room] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Flood - Delta Spirit [00:11.20]Dove dove you'll be my dove [00:13.12]I'll take you as my love [00:15.33]As my branches grew [00:17.55]I knew you'd fly away [00:18.96] [00:20.77]I stood tall and proud [00:22.75]The flood had covered the ground [00:25.10]As a deathly shroud [00:27.12]You were safe with me [00:28.62] [00:30.36]Forty days and nights [00:32.37]The rain poured [00:33.52]The lightning striked [00:34.59]You were not alone [00:36.64]For I was here with thee [00:38.17] [00:40.05]Rest your weary little wings [00:43.81]It's just the two of us [00:46.98] [00:48.65]Now the world had washed away [00:52.48]And peace had come [00:55.63] [01:04.73]Vail of silence fell [01:06.63]You hummed sweet like a bell [01:08.95]Soothed more that tongues could tell [01:11.07]Soon I was asleep [01:12.57] [01:14.33]When I awoke the sun broke through [01:16.40]The whole world was glassy blue [01:18.52]Right then that I knew [01:20.64]It'd never be the same [01:22.18] [01:23.96]Rest your weary little wings [01:27.87]It's just the two of us [01:30.96] [01:32.57]Now the world had washed away [01:36.22]And peace had come [01:39.69] [01:48.66]Far off we saw some smoke [01:50.64]Sweet lord it was a boat [01:52.82]How she stayed afloat [01:54.42] [01:54.93]It's a mystery [01:56.40] [01:58.17]I lifted my branches high [02:00.30]Reaching into the sky [02:02.53]Oh how you coo'd and cried [02:04.59]Hope was found at sea [02:06.09] [02:07.70]Twas then you took your trip [02:09.91]A long flight the ocean's grip [02:11.96]Oh how my heart felt sick [02:14.27]I wept most bitterly [02:15.61] [02:17.48]I've known the age [02:18.38]I lived so long [02:19.50]I've seen man come [02:20.51]And I've seen man gone [02:21.70]Little bird we got it wrong [02:23.83]Man had found no peace [02:25.19] [02:27.14]I've known the age [02:28.11]I lived so long [02:29.16]I've seen man come [02:30.19]And I've seen man gone [02:31.31]Little bird we got it wrong [02:33.46]Man had found no peace [02:34.99] [02:36.66]I've known the age [02:37.64]I lived so long [02:38.73]And I've seen man gone [02:39.84]I've seen man come [02:40.90]Little bird we got it wrong [02:43.22]Man had found no peace