He was brought up in a house of women In a city of heat that gave its children Faith in the fable of coral and fish Told them the world was something to miss I turn to hold you, you're gone Fingers let go, I'm gone That's just a little unkind And a little unwise And a little unkind And a little unwise The salt in the wind moves over the mudflats Sticks to your skin and rusts up the lights Blows through the ferns that breathe in the dark I try to forget but it's so hard I turn to hold you, you're gone Fingers let go, I'm gone That's just a little unkind And a little unwise And a little unkind And a little unwise ♪ What was once is a falling star It'll hit you and hurt you and open your heart Burn in a river tangled with reeds A crane on the water silently feeds I turn to hold you, you're gone Fingers let go, I'm gone That's a little unkind And a little unwise And a little unkind And a little unwise Just a little unkind Just a little unwise Unkind, unwise Unkind, unwise Unkind, unwise Unkind, unwise