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King Crimson Lyrics for Song: Islands
 Lyrics for Album: Islands [1971]
 
 
 
 10466>Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea
 
 Waves sweep the sand from my island.
 
 My sunsets fade.
 
 Field and glade wait only for rain
 
 Grain after grain love erodes my
 
 High weathered walls which fend off the tide
 
 Cradle the wind
 
 to my island.
 
 
 
 Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide
 
 Mournfully glide o'er my island.
 
 My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale,
 
 Dissolves in the sun.
 
 Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run
 
 Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes
 
 Violet skies
 
 Touch my island,
 
 Touch me.
 
 
 
 Beneath the wind turned wave
 
 Infinite peace
 
 Islands join hands
 
 'Neathe heaven's sea.
 
 
 
 Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone
 
 Hungrily reach from my island.
 
 Clutch sailor's words - pearls and gourds
 
 Are strewn on my shore.
 
 Equal in love, bound in circles.
 
 Earth, stream and tree return to the sea
 
 Waves sweep sand from my island,
 
 from me.
 
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