Billion Bees Lyrics - Put Your Ghost To Rest - Kevin Devine

I found you grieving in the grass 

Sky blood water color blue 

You seem 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 you words to come 

But they slept soundly in your chest 

They never made it past your tongue 

So we sat silently and still 

We thought about the things wed done 

And all the people that we loved 

And all the people that we wronged 

I watched the years flash through your face 

Locked my anger in your lungs 

So every breath stung more and more 

A wave of wips across my spine 

A billion bees trapped in my chest 

Nails on chalkboard every time 

'Til I watched your fingers sneak towards mine 

I heard your breath go thing and short 

I tucked your hair behind your ears 

And watched your eyes dart back and forth 

I sucked your lip and bit your neck 

The trees were shaking at their roots 

My angry arms fell cool and calm 

My cotton mouth was well with you 

So we lay glowing in the grass 

To watch the sun swamp with the moon 

Trade our future for our past 

Present tense was all we knew