Sage Francis - Once Upon A Blood Moon lyrics

[Verse 1:] He offered her the world, but came up short The nastiest of storms made him settle on a city with a port He watched ships sail by in the middle of July He wrote notes on paper boats, sat and waited for replies Hope floats, even when it's on fire Especially when it's on fire, but the smoke makes him tired Took a blade to the chest like he was opening a body bag "Sir he's still alive in there" well Christ then, remove the tag What's it say? It says "Fold along the lines And set me free," not on fire, cause oftentimes When I set myself free, this empty Bag of a body tends to get burned in effigy I've lost the energy to fight off the flames I blow it off like it's all just a game, all the same Wish he wouldn't write himself out of the picture It's a beautiful lotion that you got When there's someone there to share it with you This is why she can't have nice things He was too caught up in work to sign for the nice deliveries that life brings Now he can't tell if he's dead or not He said, "I bet I am, and I can prove it." She said "you better not" This is why she can't have nice things Because talk is cheap and it was poor communication [Hook:] All he wanted to say, on the dock that day Was "I love you, and I'm sorry," but instead, he just waved Good bye, and he cried, love So much he watched the waters rise up It must have been a changing of the tides, but I've come to a**ume It was the changing of a mind, once upon a blood moon [Verse 2:] They skimmed rocks for the whole day He imagined he was throwin' rotten parts of himself that broke away So he couldn't stop, fascinated by the way they skip up top Give up and then drop, he sank with them They convened on the rock bottom and made a decision They could never raise children, not like this Not like people who make babies on purpose That's when he came to the surface, fully intending To be so strong in his resolve, 'til all of it dissolves Slippin' through his pruny fingers like this could've been ours But this is to the offers that can't be followed through with The water works, the leaky faucet still lost fluids To the current of the stream that'll always push you from me To the reoccurring dream that makes reality less ugly In a picturesque setting, where the world looks airbrushed Needless to say, words failed us [Hook:] On the dock that day, all I wanted to say Was "I love you, and I'm sorry," but instead, I just waved Good bye, and I cried, love So much I watched the waters rise up It must have been a changing of the tides, that was breaking up our lives It was a water raged wrinkling time [Verse 3:] Yessir, minds are made for the changing, but mine's been deterioratin' Like the bluffs in the shoreline, where I've been waitin' too exhale Since the summer when we watched every last one of our friends set sail And I was the only livin' boy left in Providence Collecting d**h certificates from the rest of my documents Just for origami purposes, I gave 'em to the ocean But hey, look at me, I'm great at foldin' Guess I'll just do this the rest of my life It's got to do with lots of lovin', and it ain't nothin' nice [Outro x2:] This is why she can't have nice things He was too caught up in work to sign for the nice deliveries that life brings This is why she can't have nice things Because talk is cheap and it was poor communication This is why she can't have nice things He set fire to the paper boat sonatas he's been writin' And this is why, I a**ume the moon's bleeding And why there wasn't any blood left in the rock he was squeezing