I crushed a man’s hand and confidence in mine
He made a swan, I made a complex line
We locked eyes for a long, long time
He shrunk down,
I rose up, took the cup
It’s mine.
I cut a rosebush every summer of my life
I cut the trees, I kept the bees, I lost my knife
and when I turned my back
the sun dripped down my neck
A broken mirror is all you see
and from the shards you made a family.
Were you surprised when he
took the one, he took your son, took a gun?
And you
You floated away
just when I
thought you would stay.
You said that you needed your space
from the red head, oh what’s his name?
He can’t sing for shit anyway.
A grin turns into Grimace for a minute
and Ronnie has another game
The purple fur will remain.
You are a cloud in a twilight sky
The stars surround you and become the night
and when you float up like vapor wind
another breath, another fear, another tear
is left.
I count the rivers and I fake the odds
of the distance from Ontario to God
We put the brass in our hands.
We put the rose in the land
And you
You floated away
just when I
thought you would stay.
(Chorus)
I always lose my voice
when I try to talk about it.
Talking’s never done
that much for me.
I always lose my voice
when I try to talk about it.
Try talking that
clipped down family tree.