babe i know
rateliff, nathaniel
babe i know it swirls around me
like the sun shines on the coast
like a weathered torn once sturdy barn
i used to give you shelter and warmth
it's clear i can see the dry grass at my feet
you come home and i'll say
that the course has drifted here
as we swim to land with our mouths full of sand
i'm all tired and my throats so dry
i feel i'm barely holding on
i'm gonna sit around here with this abscessed fear and say
now there's something that i want that i'll never be
now sometimes i lay here half awake and say
now sometimes i lay here half awake and say