Clouds - The Go-Betweens

The clouds are here, they aren’t up in the sky

I cupped them with my hands and reached up high

I said to these clouds «No more am I blind»

«I have to see straight that will make me unkind»

Visions of blue

I’m angry, I’m wise and you

You’re under cloudy skies

Blue air I crave, blue air I breathe

They once chopped my heart the way you chop a tree

Told to equate achievement with pain

I took their top prize and paid them back with rain

Visions of blue

I’m angry, I’m wise and you

You’re under cloudy skies

Blue air I crave blue air I breathe

They once chopped my heart the way you chop a tree

Told to equate achievement with pain

I stole their top prize and paid them back with rain

Visions of blue

I’m angry, I’m wise and you

You’re under cloudy skies

Visions of blue

Preverse and strong and you

You’re under cloudy skies