Family

Dark hair, bright eyes
Living in Shanghai, only five
Practicing scales
Reading fairytales by candlelight
Father said you can be whatever you can dream about
And you would dream out loud

Took to the road, put on a show
They were astounded
Look at your fingers fly over the keys, so unbounded
You were just there
Can you still hear how it sounded
How it sounded

In the blink of an eye you felt the passage of time
And you were so alive

Indonesia, following trees up to the skies
Had the flee the Communism on the rise
Age of reason, mango season, fireflies
And now they're in your eyes

Our lives move over and around each other as waves in the sea
And the lines between us are borders of clouds drifting in the breeze
And we, you and me are golden branches of the same tree
Like family
We're a family

Beautiful features, music teacher, twenty-five
Gentle nature, trying to raise your daughters right
Leaving Asia, complications on the rise
You had to defend your lives

Utah factory work, not exactly what you had in mind
You sought after a love, fought back for the ones you had to guide
You worked day and night, through the fading light you sacrificed
And you continue to find the center of life and the light it shines

Our lives move over and around each other as waves in the sea
And the lines between us are borders of clouds drifting in the breeze
And we, you and me are golden branches of the same tree
Like family
We're a family

Speaking softly, sipping hot tea, eighty-five
Like a rope swing from an oak tree you provide
A way to rest our weary legs in weaker times
And you keep our eyes on clearer skies

In the blink of an eye, we felt the passage of time
And we're all so alive

Our lives move over and around each other as waves in the sea
And the lines between us are borders of clouds drifting in the breeze
And we, you and me are golden branches of the same tree
Like family
We're a family