when you come home to the place where i once lost you where the trees outside our window are wrapped in blankets of fog i will watch you breathe air into the fire to keep the flames dancing on the ceiling all night long. you were larger than life when you were flirting with dying and there's no denying where you come from and the snow kept crawling in through the cracks in the basement when i wrapped our bodies into a wordless song
you'll come home and i'll be with all the kings of the countries you wish you could call your home and i'll be with all the kings
when you come home to the library of our history i'll watch you read the footnotes i've added since you were gone and i'll stand there in the doorway drawing lines onto the woodwork to keep track of exactly how much we've grown i can tell the universe has been playing tricks on us i'll try to hear it in the way your voice has changed its tone it's been a lifetime of sleep since i took notes on how i've lived in dark rooms filled with skyscrapers you've lived in deserts of stone.
you'll come home and i'll be with all the kings of the countries you wish you could call your home and i'll be with all the kings