Phish Tales

Water In The Sky

(lyrics by Anastasio/Marshall)

Listen as she speaks to you
Hear the voices flutter through
The barriers arranged by you

Close the shutters draw the shades
Filter out the everglades
Glistening with evening dew

Thunder calls through waterfalls
Rising tides and ocean walls
I can hear you when you sigh

Listen as she speaks to you
Hear the voices flutter through
Watch them fall and let them lie

I can hear you when you sigh
Through the water in the sky

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Water In The Sky is one of my favorite song lyrics. The odd thing is, I don't like the song all that much. In fact, I am really not even much of a Phish fan; which, as best I can tell, for the serious aficianado, is something akin to a being a modern-day version of a dedicated follower of the Grateful Dead. . . Deadhead Lite, let's say.

At any rate, I can take or leave the band (save for this killer video of Trey Anastasio playing a twenty-minute version of Down By The River with Neil Young at one of the Farm Aid concerts), and am no fan of the song, but the lyric is beautiful and something I kind of wish I'd thought of myself.

You can hear me when I sigh.