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Waxwing Lyrics by Olivia Chaney

The Longest River

2005

[Verse 1]
Waxwing, waxwing, what do you bring
From the frozen north?
Waxwing, waxwing, we've been waiting on you

[Verse 2]
I bring the amber that I have gathered
On the northern seashore
For the hatchlings I have fathered for thee

[Verse 3]
I've been underground where wyverns are bound
And where gold and jewels abound
These I hoarded under my berry-brown wings

[Interlude]

[Verse 4]
We have no need, no need of your amber
Likewise your gold and your jewels
There is no true beauty in things of no use

[Verse 5]
And waxwing, waxwing, my only asking:
Tether the breezes so cruel, and
Keep my young well-feathered and their bellies full

[Verse 6]
Waxwing, waxwing, what will you do
When your days are far enough through? And
When at last grim death comes knocking on you

[Verse 7]
I can do nothing but fly in the wake of my kin
I will soar upward, undaunted, and die on the wing
I'll die in the canyon of echoes, you'll still hear me sing
And still I will give to you all the things I bring

About “Waxwing” by Olivia Chaney

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"Waxwing" is credited to Olivia Chaney. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Waxwing" appears on "The Longest River" in 2005.

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