They tore your wall down
And put it up where everyone can see
After they have bought a couple drinks
It makes me wonder
What it would make you think
A dim reminder
Or just a sense of poetic irony to sing
A million songbirds pay to get a taste
Of a perfect melody they can't replace
They'll have black hearts for the future
Broken burning trees
Black hearts for the future
Brains that never learned to grieve
Jump into cold water
Fantasize until they freeze
Or decide what it means
I was asleep until three years ago
Now I can barely dream
Rotting leaves fall off my silver wreath
My birds are silent
It took till now to know
A rented house can never be a home
And names
Will always have their weight
Cause I think of him when you begin to sing
We'll have black hearts for the future
Bones stitched on our sleeves
Black hearts for the future
Hearts that never learned to bleed
Jump into cold water
Fantasize until we freeze
Or decide what it means
You will always know how to make me feel safe
Break my heart a million ways
With just the way you say
Pretentious turn of phrase
When you stare at the same sky
That I do every night
I'm no longer alone
You've burrowed deep inside my heart and made a home.
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