Billion Bees-Kevin Devine

[ti:Billion Bees] [ar:Kevin Devine] [al:Put Your Ghost To Rest] [offset:0] [00:00.99]I found you grieving in the grass [00:07.49]Sky blood water color blue [00:11.28] [00:13.84]You seem so simple sure and sad [00:17.23] [00:20.29]So I sat down to grieve with you [00:23.60] [00:26.73]You raised your hand to shield your eyes [00:29.96] [00:33.21]I shifted left to block the sun [00:36.59] [00:39.77]You crossed your legs and cleared your throat [00:43.08] [00:46.15]I waited for you words to come [00:49.50] [00:52.62]But they slept soundly in your chest [00:55.81] [00:59.00]They never made it past your tongue [01:03.00] [01:05.49]So we sat silently and still [01:08.82] [01:11.70]We thought about the things wed done [01:15.88] [01:18.44]And all the people that we loved [01:22.31] [01:24.95]And all the people that we wronged [01:29.19] [01:30.57]I watched the years flash through your face [01:35.59] [01:37.71]Locked my anger in my lungs [01:42.02] [01:44.46]So every breath stung more and more [01:48.10] [01:50.85]A wave of wips across my spine [01:54.60] [01:57.22]A billion bees trapped in my chest [02:00.91] [02:03.42]Nails on chalkboard every time [02:07.93] [02:09.55]Til I watched your fingers sneak towards mine [02:13.69] [02:16.26]I heard your breath go thing and short [02:19.88] [02:22.71]I tucked your hair behind your ears [02:26.51] [02:28.64]And watched your eyes dart back and forth [02:32.99] [02:34.91]I sucked your lip and bit your neck [02:38.24] [02:41.30]The trees were shaking at their roots [02:45.29] [02:47.70]My angry arms fell cool and calm [02:52.55] [02:54.30]My cotton mouth was well with you [02:57.45] [03:00.74]So we lay glowing in the grass [03:03.93] [03:06.94]To watch the sun swamp with the moon [03:10.33] [03:13.77]Trade our future for our past [03:17.29] [03:19.97]Present tense was all we knew