Kite Beneath the Garden Stars

[Куплет 1] You left a paper boat beside the garden wall With one blue button sewn beneath it all I followed where the little river bent Past fallen pears and fences painted mint [Предприпев] At the old footbridge, someone tied a thread A quiet map to places never said [Припев] If you find the red kite tangled in the tree Bring it down and leave a note for me We’ll trade small secrets underneath the rain Then send them drifting down the windowpane [Куплет 2] A tailor on the corner kept the light on late He stitched a silver pocket into fate I asked him for a place to hide a name He smiled and used a needle made of flame [Предприпев] By the canal, the evening trains went through Each window carrying somebody new [Припев] If you find the red kite tangled in the tree Bring it down and leave a note for me We’ll trade small secrets underneath the rain Then send them drifting down the windowpane [Бридж] No grand parade, no promise carved in stone Just two lost arrows finding their way home The wind can change the answer overnight But every thread still knows the hands that tied [Final chorus] If you find the red kite tangled in the tree Bring it down and leave a note for me We’ll trade small secrets underneath the rain And watch them travel past the windowpane [Аутро] Paper boat, silver thread A little map beneath the red