You’ve got some charm I must admit
Don’t let me wreck myself again
Driving to your parents house just for a visit and I’m sleeping in your brother’s bed
Won’t you sneak into my room and climb under the covers talk nonsense in your sleep
Cal says that humans are made from the nuclear ash of dead stars. He says that when I die, I’ll return to dust, glitter,rain. If thats true, I want to be buried right here under this tree. Its roots will reach into the soft mess of my body and suck me dry. I’ll be re-formed as apple blossom. I’ll drift down in the spring like confetti and cling to my family’s shoes. They’ll carry me in their pockets to help them sleep. What dreams will they have then?
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| — | Jenny Downham, Before I Die |
So you’d sing a lullaby to get me to sleep
So it’s no surprise my eyes are never heavy
For i’ve not seen you in the flesh for so long
That i’m not sure we would know each other at all
Oh the weight it must be light wherever you are
And i know you don’t think twice wherever you are
Oh the weight it must be light wherever you are
And i know you don’t think twice wherever you are
So i will hum alone, too far from you
All that i say now is nothing to you
We will lie under different stars
I am where i am and you’re where you are, you’re where you are.
Oh the weight it must be light wherever you are
And i know you don’ t think twice wherever you are
And i’d ask if you’re all right wherever you are
And do you think of me, you might, wherever you are.
