Empty Orchestra

don't you feel alone in your hometown this used to be the one place where you felt sound there's nothing left to do now these familiar roads have been worn down I like when you cover my eyes and you steal me away areoplanes and boats and my own feet

I Can't sleep while everybody rests I do my best at night when I come home I leave a trail of betrayal and I'm ashamed of all that mess and I sure try but both of your hands are slipping out of mine I tucked you in a boat and send you to another shor

imagine this bubble burst sitting inside as the walls collapse imagine the look on your face the moment you realize that it's not death it's the opposite you're leaving a paper trail wherever you go it's in some file you sleep in the waiting room but

I swallow the sea and the sea swallows me the mermaids they will find me dead in a rocket on the seabed a picture of the stars still in my hands take a seat where should I begin take control of this submarine take good care of your lungs and your liv

I ride up the hill to our nest I feed you with apples and grass I nurse you till you can sprout wings to land on my shoulder in spring please don't worry that I'm going to leave take my picture and lie down to sleep I picture the heart in her chest h