Adrianne Lenker

Real House
Do you remember running? The clarity of the air around Braiding low branches into a crown That love is all I want I'm a child humming Into the purity of the black space Where stars shine like tears on the night's face In a cool wind Mama, what happened? Can't believe it’s been so long Now 31 and I don’t feel strong And your love is all I want When I was 7 I saw the first film that made me scared And I thought of this whole world ending I thought of dying unprepared We moved into a real house A wild field behind it I wanted to be an inventor Collected scraps to make a portal I wanted so much for magic to be real See Adrianne Lenker Live SongtexteGet tickets as low as $43 So many dreams of flying Rising high over a crowd And they go “oh man, look at her go” When I go Do you remember Coming to the hospital when I was 14? My friends all left me there spinning Dad was angry and you saw everything And you made me laugh as the nurses undressed me You held my hand as they put the needle in me I never saw you cry Not until our dog died And our whole family came back together When you held her body as they put the needle in her And then I saw you cry And then I saw you cry I moved into a real house Aus Songtexte Mania