[Verse 1]

Old friend, do you make the sun set?

Do you make the bright stars flee?

Old crow, time is getting late

I know you've a gift for me

Old bird, I see it in your talons

Glittering between the leaves

Friend, I'm swimming in the shallows

You're calling from the deep

[Chorus]

And we bide our time

And we shed our skins

And we shake our bones

And we sink like stones

And we crawl through mud

Till we reach the sky

And we bide our time

[Verse 2]

Old bird, you and I are brothers

Bonded by earth and wood

Old crow, you and I are sisters

Swimming in a bowl of blood

Old friend, you and I were strangers

Living by a restless sea

Friend, I knew when the wind blew

That you were calling me

[Chorus]

And we bide our time

And we shed our skins

And we shake our bones

And we sink like stones

And we crawl through mud

Till we reach the sky

And we bide our time

And we bide our time

And we bide our time

And we bide our time

And we bide our time

And we bide our time

And we crawl through mud

Till we reach the sky

And we bide our time