Clothes of Sand

Who has dressed you in strange clothes of sand Who has taken you far from my land Who has said that my sayings were wrong And who will say that I stayed much too long? Clothes of sand have covered your face Given you meaning but taken my place So make your way on down to the sea Something has taken you so far from me Does it now seem worth all the colour of skies To see the earth through painted eyes To look through panes of shaded glass See the stains of winter's grass Can you now return to from where you came Try to burn your changing name Or with silver spoons and coloured light Will you worship moons in winter's night Clothes of sand have covered your face Given you meaning but taken my place So make your way on down to the sea Something has taken you so far from me