Tortoise Shell Songtext
von Ficus

Heed my words and how I tell
The fabled story tortoise shell
Living on his waterside
Whereby safely he would hide
One day drought befell the land
Where was water thence was sand
Took a trip
For a sip

Where will I look?
How will I know?
Why do I walk?
What does it grow?


Where will I look?
How will I know?
Why do I walk?
What does it grow?

Tortoise told the setting sun
I don′t fear you I am done
Moon, she bore him on her wing
Turned his shell into a spring
Traveler comes and traveler goes
Sharing with his wandering woes

Take a sip
For a trip

Life
My self is eclipsed
A longing desire
A deepest abyss


Death
My final eclipse
A purified fire
A deepest abyss