[00:10:34] The Bird in the Gravel (LP Version) - Jane Siberry [00:10:34] The master: [00:10:34] I was dreaming in the steam room [00:10:34] Everything was so clear for a minute [00:10:34] And i thought... [00:10:34] And the dripping tiles and... [00:10:34] And i say i'll confess everything [00:10:34] Yes. i own this land [00:10:34] I own these forests surrounding my...my estate [00:10:34] This is my tea coming [00:10:34] Everything i can-i confess [00:10:34] The servant: [00:10:34] Bend [00:10:34] Now i have the bend [00:10:34] The best i ever [00:10:34] Place the tea just so [00:10:34] Then release and turn [00:10:34] Oh no not yet [00:10:34] Then release then go [00:10:34] Better try again [00:10:34] Looking at me he's [00:10:34] Wait til tomorrow [00:10:34] Don't want him to know [00:10:34] Next time he orders tea [00:10:34] Release and turn [00:10:34] Turn and limp away [00:10:34] Turn and limp away [00:10:34] The maid: [00:10:34] I was walking through the forest [00:10:34] On my break today [00:10:34] I had this funny feeling [00:10:34] Something was going to change [00:10:34] I was walking through the dry leaves [00:10:34] It was very strange [00:10:34] They hadn't changed their colour [00:10:34] All the leaves were green [00:10:34] I don't mind when it's over [00:10:34] I don't mind when it's all done [00:10:34] It's just the moments in between [00:10:34] Just before it's gone [00:10:34] Something's going to happen [00:10:34] Something's going to change [00:10:34] I know i know i know... [00:10:34] The pantry: [00:10:34] And when autumn comes [00:10:34] Well, there's lots of work to do [00:10:34] Bill-that means you [00:10:34] Time to clean the kettles and the pots on the wall [00:10:34] Pickling and preserving all the vegetables [00:10:34] Stop kicking the apples [00:10:34] Are we pickling this year? [00:10:34] Yes-you know we are [00:10:34] And when autumn comes [00:10:34] Well, there's lots of work to do [00:10:34] Bill-that means you [00:10:34] Time to get the twigs up-you know, all those stick things [00:10:34] Time to trim back the roses so next year even more grow [00:10:34] Does it hurt them to do that? [00:10:34] Does it hurt them? no. [00:10:34] (truck driver - francesco) [00:10:34] And when autumn comes [00:10:34] Well, deliveries start to go [00:10:34] Here he is now [00:10:34] Down into the valley to the market he goes [00:10:34] Down along the tiny roads that wind along the vineyards [00:10:34] And people lean on their rakes and they say hello [00:10:34] Hello there francesco [00:10:34] Francesco there hello [00:10:34] The bird: [00:10:34] (high sustain) [00:10:34] A boy coming home from lesson [00:10:34] Another boy: [00:10:34] And those are my swans, believe me... [00:10:34] There's no light. [00:10:34] And there isn't because... [00:10:34] It's so dark. [00:10:34] Because it's so dark. [00:10:34] Because it's so dark. [00:10:34] The maid: [00:10:34] I was walking through the dry leaves [00:10:34] It was very strange [00:10:34] The leaves fell without changing [00:10:34] No yellows and no reds [00:10:34] Something's going to happen [00:10:34] Something's going to change [00:10:34] And just then as i looked up [00:10:34] I remembered what you said [00:10:34] I'm crying because i love you [00:10:34] I know that things must change [00:10:34] I can't be there when you leave [00:10:34] What if you're afraid [00:10:34] You said something about the leaving [00:10:34] The moments in between [00:10:34] The yawning when the world shifts [00:10:34] The clanging of the trains [00:10:34] And a dog sits up and growls [00:10:34] And a cow begins to bawl [00:10:34] And a nun nearby stops to listen [00:10:34] Cross herself and then move on [00:10:34] I was laughing in the forest [00:10:34] I fell down in the leaves [00:10:34] And i watched the trees above me [00:10:34] Crossing in the breeze [00:10:34] I love the bare branches [00:10:34] I love the healing bells [00:10:34] The bareness in the last sun [00:10:34] The greyness and the gold