A Billion Bees Lyrics - Singles - Kevin Devine

I found you grieving in the grass 

The sky bled water colored blue 

You seemed so simple sure and sad 

So I sat down to grieve with you 

You raised your hand to shield your eyes 

I shifted left to block the sun 

You crossed your legs and cleared your throat 

I waited for your words to come 

But they slept soundly in your chest 

They never made it past your tongue 

So we sat silently and still 

And thought about things we'd done 

And all the people that we'd loved 

And all the people that we'd wronged 

I watched the years flash through your face 

And I locked my anger in my lungs 

So every breath stung more and more 

A wave of whips across my spine 

A billion bees trapped in my chest 

Nails on a chalkboard every time 

'Til I watched your fingers sneak towards mine 

I heard your breath go thin and short 

I tucked your hair behind you ears 

And I watched your eyes dart back and forth 

And I sucked your lip and bit your neck 

The trees were shaking at their roots 

My angry arms felt cool and calm 

And my cotton mouth was wet with you 

So we lay glowing in the grass 

To watch the sun swap with the moon 

To trade our future for our past 

The present tense was all we knew