The Nest

"Everything that happened here
Cannot happen when you're dead"
She safely said
Worry when you wake tonight
Is it all in your head?
So you want to run, deny
No time to sit and rest
Or readdress
All that comes to you
When your picture in the nest

Honey never understands
That the photo in the drawer
Is all you're looking for
Play to gray then back again
Watch the fading paper wall
Scratching at the window bus
Trees along the ledge
Are they in your head?
Chippers beat, beat, beat tonight
Picture in the nest

The son at sixteen, oh
The son she never had
Once she had a dream of
The ones she'll never have
Your ending
Your ending
Your ending
Your ending

You're only half a person now
So fold over what is left
To be addressed
What you want when you wake tonight
Is it all in your head?
So you turn over-like
Cradle in this perfect mess
This homemade dress
You see what comes to those
Who put a picture in the nest

The son at sixteen, oh
The one she'll never have
Once she had a dream of
The son she'll never have
Your ending
Your ending
Your ending
Your ending

The son at sixteen, oh
The one she'll never have
Once she had a dream of
The son she'll never have
Your ending
Your ending
Your ending
Your ending

Whoa whoa-whoa, oh
Whoa whoa-whoa, oh
Whoa whoa-whoa, oh
Whoa whoa-whoa, oh
Whoa whoa-whoa, oh