Accidental Pictures

With elegant strokes

The tail of a swallow

Is painting its flight

Slow and winding

While I'm watching it go

There's a sense it evokes

Of freedom right down

In my wiring

Our life is like a string of accidental pictures

Askew on forgotten days

With a careless aim it slips through our fingers

But everything's strangely in place

The tall grass waves

Directions to follow

On a mystery ride

Down and climbing

The rolling dunes know

These perilous ways

I think it's the wild sea

They are miming

Our life is like a string of accidental pictures

Askew on forgotten days

With a careless aim it slips through our fingers

But everything's strangely in place

Everything's strangely in place

In a scattered composition

And I've stepped out of the frame

The wind dries a single tear

I'm not sure if it's yours or mine

It's still summer

And you are everywhere

Our life is like a string of accidental pictures

Askew on forgotten days

With a careless aim it slips through our fingers

But everything's strangely in place

Yeah, everything's strangely in place