vienna teng - decade and one lyrics

once when i was thirty-one
i woke in the dead of night
and heard the vastness of the snowfall outside
slipped downstairs in my bare feet
soon forgotten freezing
and poured a milk glass full
to wait out the tide

it's been a decade and one
been a decade and one my friend
decade and one
since i've

as the white went down
i thought of the child upstairs
i thought of the god upstairs
that i couldn't believe
i thought of the chosen man
asleep on his side of the bed
how green becomes wood in the family tree

been a decade and one
been a decade and one so soon
decade and one
since i stood so proud
and so unsure

ebony glowing by the window there
as always
fingers kissed the keys oh so tenderly
cool ivory returned in kind
i thought of anger and adulation
and the taste of dreams realized
and the waste dreams realized leave behind

decade and one
decade and one
i said out loud

decade and one
and i am here
and i am here still standing