Our Most Fragile Things-Erica Buettner

[ti:Our Most Fragile Things] [ar:Erica Buettner] [al:True Love and Water] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Our Most Fragile Things - Erica Buettner [00:14.65]We turned all our sharp parts inwards [00:18.17]Kept our shell from breaking open [00:21.10] [00:22.22]Our love was an idea [00:25.07]Safe and sound and softly spoken [00:28.55] [00:30.57]Ever since I've had a beak [00:33.42]I've wondered what a beak is for [00:37.06]What I meant to be a gentle peck [00:40.50]Struck fast and hard right to our core [00:44.31]First there was a bright [00:46.23]Tiny point of light [00:47.41] [00:47.97]Then there was a fissure [00:49.57]That grew into a crack [00:50.69]And under all the pressure [00:52.80] [00:53.31]A part of us was shattered [00:54.95]The feeling told us wholeness [00:56.56]Was never coming back [00:58.06] [01:14.65]We must learn to fall [01:21.49]Before we learn to fly [01:28.26] [01:28.82]It's a test of faith [01:35.13] [01:35.86]For my love and I [01:41.16] [01:42.78]Some try to stop us [01:45.91]They pluck out our feathers [01:47.61]While they're combing our wings [01:49.24]And some try to warn us [01:52.37]Not to trust doting hands [01:54.70]With our most fragile things [01:57.16] [01:59.90]All the red leaves shiver [02:02.75] [02:03.34]Overlooking the Hudson River [02:07.20]In their fragile spines [02:09.79]I see the lines [02:11.33] [02:11.97]Of my tired hands [02:14.38] [02:15.82]I've been fortune telling them [02:19.19]They'll have long lives and children [02:23.18] [02:24.23]Deep inside I know we're all bracing [02:28.58]For the fall [02:30.80] [02:49.12]We must learn to fall [02:55.65]Before we learn to fly [03:02.24] [03:03.25]It's a test of faith [03:10.21]For my love and I