A prayer for an open wound
To dignify existing in its air
We live for a second only
And then we're claimed by the atmosphere
A prayer for a life not lived
To dignify screaming 'til you can't anymore
So ashamed of the love you carry
The crowded rooms where you speak
The dark side of your heart
What if like geese we could migrate, migrate
To a place no one follows?
Wish I could speak what's inside me always
I am a bird with a wing of stone
I remember when we were small
It's dark in this cave and we grow without eyes
But your voice is brave and warm
And though we trip and fall, we come out on the other side alive
And what a calm feeling (to be so)
It's like we're dressed up warm cause it's nearing night
In the part of your voice that broke
When you called me on the telephone
And told me that last night grandma died
What if like geese we could migrate, migrate
To a place no one follows?
Wish I could speak what's inside me always
I am a bird with a wing of stone
Dissipate with the flesh you tainted
Speak loud if you're doing it now
We are alone and there's no one listening
I am a bird with a wing of--
I am a--I am a bird with a wing of stone
So sorry you don't bleed right, I'm so sorry you don't bleed right
So sorry you don't bleed right, I'm so sorry you don't bleed right
So sorry you don't bleed right, I'm so sorry you don't bleed right
So sorry you don't bleed right, I'm so sorry you don't bleed right
And who are you in the back of this stereo?
It's what I want to hear until I'm very old
We cannot slow the burn of your cigarette
We can't stop time for a minute
Or slow the rate of your pulse on your beating heart
If we didn't have to joke to know who we are
And if a screaming voice is all you are
Speak loud if you've ceased to be at all
But what if like geese we could migrate, migrate
To a place no one follows?
What if like geese we could migrate, migrate
To a place no one follows?
Wish I could speak what's inside me always
I am a runner but with bones all broken