Envy Of Angels - The Mutton Birds

Look over there you used to say

The shape of the land beneath the street

Ridges and valleys and underground streams

You have to know what’s under your feet

So you can make things strong enough

To take the weight

The weight of all the people

Who haven’t been born

That’s what you said to me

It’s the envy of angels

Listen to that you used to say

Can you hear someone drawing plans

Can you hear someone cutting wood

Can you hear someone walking the land

When all the time i wanted to be

Somewhere that wasn’t so new

Where you didn’t have to dig yourself

A place to stand

Far away

From the envy of angels

Driving to your house after dark

The lights of the town behind these hills

I’m wanting so much to see you again

Can almost touch the new tarseal

In front of my wheels

They’re painting the signs

Measuring the land

Marking the lines

Laying foundations

Making them strong

For all of those people

Who haven’t been born

Just like you said

It’s the envy of angels

Just like you said

It’s the envy of angels