There is a house by the sea With jealous sisters, they're waiting for me And one is laid on the floor And one is changing the locks on the doors I've been buying their time on my knees And I've been selling their blankets to bk--
Around the house by the sea The scent of roses and raspberry leaves And there are smoke in my clothes Too much time with just smoke in my nose But I've been making the meaning they lack And I've been burning that book they come back to
There is a house by the sea And an ocean between it and me And like the shape of a wave The jealous sisters will sing on my grave I've been learning to run where they live And I've been dying to rise from their bed And I've been sparing my neck from their chains They've been chained in the sound of my name And I've been swimming to them in my sleep And I've been dreaming our love and our freedom