Bill Callahan - Lily lyrics
[Bill Callahan - Lily lyrics]
I started writing your death song
Long before you were gone
You could've had a life not under my pen
Eyes turned to ice when pulse was slowed
Ice turned to tears when we drew close
Like the trees that protect the
Fawn when mother is gone
I wanted to put on your favorite song
A gift still sealed thirty years on
You showed me middle C
And how you wept inside
Crying like a cold apple cries
I held the elevator for your soul
You give your body back when you go
The gurney wheel screamed all down the hall
Just like a seagull screaming down the hall
The medium said you were
Sticking around halfway
To make sure my boy was okay
Which the roots? Which the tree?
Which the pond? Which the lily?
Cast them to the wind and ride
The wind, ride the wind, ride
Cast them to the wind and ride the wind
With the wind you'll ride
Long before you were gone
You could've had a life not under my pen
Eyes turned to ice when pulse was slowed
Ice turned to tears when we drew close
Like the trees that protect the
Fawn when mother is gone
I wanted to put on your favorite song
A gift still sealed thirty years on
You showed me middle C
And how you wept inside
Crying like a cold apple cries
I held the elevator for your soul
You give your body back when you go
The gurney wheel screamed all down the hall
Just like a seagull screaming down the hall
The medium said you were
Sticking around halfway
To make sure my boy was okay
Which the roots? Which the tree?
Which the pond? Which the lily?
Cast them to the wind and ride
The wind, ride the wind, ride
Cast them to the wind and ride the wind
With the wind you'll ride