Whitmer Thomas - Pinwheel lyrics

Chelsea said, "I'm too fucked to drive
Can I stay the night?
I'll sleep on top of the covers"
We were just kids in our underwear with
Our Myspace hair pining for each other
And when Summer ends
Can we still be friends? I could
Be down to get high
Chelsea said, "We're the same
Never change you will always be my guy"

She dropped out of college and visited LA
Me, her and Clay would draw
And listen to Modest Mousе
And we'd hook up in the
Bathroom with the showеr on
One time I fully passed out
And she made me the pinwheel
From the Bright Eyes record
And said, "Remember when we saw them?"
And Chelsea asked, "What are we?"
I said, "I didn't know"
She bought a ticket for the northwest
I didn't kiss her goodbye before
I watched her go

I thought of her every day she was away
She wrote her door was always open
So I drove up to Portland
And we danced to the Magnetic Fields
At some bar on Hawthorn
I tried drinking whiskey
I thought it'd make her like me
And she joked that I'd become a man
Flashed fuck-me eyes
We took another shot and then we forgot
She would shake, me up a lie
Dip out for a while
Come back with clouds in her eyes

And I loved her through her darkest nights
And when she kicks the spike, i'll tell her
But I spoke too soon
Chelsea, you know you mean more to
Me than even I can believe
Oh, I like you more than like a
Friend and telling you now feels stupid

She just smiled and said, "If we're
Still single when we're 30
Let's get married
We'll be haggard and old
All wrinkles and folds
I don't wanna die alone"

We lost touch
Every now and again I'd stare at that
Pinwheel and remember we we saw them
Chelsea always found a way to
Stay in my brain strung out and cinematic
Belligerent and emphatic as we aged

Life moves on, she's doing fine
I see her online
Met a guy with a nice smile, got a good job
Been clean a while
Years just pass down the track
I played a show at Mississippi Studios
And she brought everyone she knows
And Chelsea said, "You made me laugh
Let's go for a walk
It's been a while since we talked
I know it's all my fault
But I thought of you a lot
Can we pick up where we left off?"