You were the first one to the reservoir Now you’re the first one to the lake The way the water wrapped its waves around your wrists And we became a whale Now lying beached in someone’s bed I was your brother wrapped in photographs Now filling boxes in the loft The dusty breath that hangs like death around our necks And filled ur brains with sand Only your sadness lingers on Seaweeed brother don’t be angry Your teeth creak and your eyes empty Seaweeed brother don’t haunt me
I will hold your breath inside me I heard your voice inside a telephone I saw your face in piles of clothes I saw your spirit reach out of a mountain range And swallow up the sand Only your sadness lingers on You were the first one to the reservoir Now you’re the first one to the lake I was your brother wrapped in photographs Now I’m the first one to the wake