Tonight my mind is going travelling Back in time just a couple of years To a girl with sleeves unravelling Lightning bolts hanging from ears
Told me she lives in the ashes Where the mountainside burns slow And with the flames final lashes She’d pick up all her things and go
For days on end the fire ravaged As I lay there in her arms Dissected secrets of the universe She told me how to keep from harm
Shed all of your clothes Step into the water alone Feel the weight disappear from your bones Drift above while below The tide carries you home So the breath you stubbornly hold Can finally let go
When the sky finally cracked open Weeping the wild pyre clean Sure as the sun sets in mourning She was nowhere to be seen
If by chance one day you meet her Know your time it will be brief Forever echoes in your head now Of the words she spoke so sweet
Shed all of your clothes Step into the water alone Feel the weight disappear from your bones Drift above while below The tide carries you home So the breath you stubbornly hold Can finally let go