You told me stories of the grain

A girl who dreamed of airplanes

A hunters hands that came each night

To turn her body to a kite

Of silence long ago

A city entered after dark

A night spent in a rainy park

A belly swollen full of shame

A baby born without a name

The world would never know

And how you heard your Captain call that night

When you woke up in a room of blood and light

You wore your sadness like a veil

A doorway to some other trail

That other hunters would've found

And travelled without turning round

To see if it was torn

It branded you and made you run

It spoke to me in foreign tongues

It said let go but hang on tight

As if your body were a kite

Some secret in a storm

That told me of the hunter and his string

As if your Captain wouldn't see a thing

But I knew that I would follow you

The moment that I looked at you

Down some dark road that had no end

By some command that wouldn't bend

That pulled me through the towns

And no matter how I tried to run

Your stories called and I would come

They said let go but hang on tight

As if your body were a kite

I never would pull down

To see if it was true and not a lie

Your Captain was the one who made you shy

You taught me how the lovers keep

Their secrets so their dreams can sleep

And how in time the world would hide

The ones who hunted you for pride

You said you never chose

But I saw the way you looked at them

The soft young boys the businessmen

Who by your style were so confused

The eyes so cold the lips all bruised

The hunger 'neath your clothes

I watched them long enough to understand

Your Captain was a law and not a man

You told me stories of the grain

A girl who dreamed of airplanes

A hunters hands that came each night

To turn her body to a kite

Of silence long ago

But your love is just a service now

So insincere and cold somehow

You're just another stewardess

And icy smile and iron dress

You wear for those who know

There really is a Captain in the rain

And he's the only one who knows your name

Yes he's the only one who knows your name

Yes he's the only one