This is the absolute original version of this song. It disappeared from my life for a long long time and I am immensely grateful that I found the tape it was recorded to... I played it back to my friend, Zander who is responsible for producing it all those years ago. He called me back and said, you know we really should have taken that band more seriously. I felt the exact same way. We now refer to this period as the "StarTac" days... And the cassette is known as "The StarTac Tape"
Lyrics
Dear winter bird
How long can you last?
Before it gets cold
And the earth asks you back
Needlessly suffering
This world's effect on everything
Is real
Rooftop indecision
Watching passing cars
Lifting up my head
Unreachable stars
Nothing more and nothing less
Is nothing if not emptiness
I feel
Love is not
Love is not
Love is not
Waiting, waiting for me now
And you have no song to sing to me
The empty air is all we breathe
Fly away and you'll be free
Not me
Dear winter bird
How long can we last?
Before it gets too cold
And the earth asks us back
Nothing more and nothing less
Is nothing if not loneliness
We feel
Love is not
Love is not
Love is not
Waiting, waiting for me now