Softly Tread Songtext
von Fiddle and Strum

You caught up with me on the way
A sky-drift day for all our gazing
We were queuing up to relay
To serenade you of our raising

And on the lake lands a swan
The breeze drops, and you′re gone forever

Softly tread, softly tread
Daily bread so hard to swallow
Softly tread around thee
Size me up and ground me
Tread softly, softly tread

I remember the things you'd say
But I can′t discern your diction
I can see those nail and knuckles to this day
But your face it fades to fiction


And in the ripples sits the swan
Holding motion, looking on forever

Softly tread, softly tread
Left unsaid and uninvited
Soft I tread above thee
How proud were you of me?
Tread softly, softly tread

You'd sit there scowling on your throne
The temper of a limping lion
Reduced to whispers on the phone
Those feet of stone, those wings of iron

And we stop noticing the swan
Everybody's moving on, and sideways

Softly tread, softly tread
Overhead - cygnets and ducklings
Softly tread in memory
Your heavy heart has made its mark on me