Kintsugi

You sent a photo out your window of Tokyo Told me you were doing fine You said the cherry blossoms were blooming And that I was on your mind But I couldn't make you out through the glitches It's how it always seems to go So we say our goodbyes over m

I don't know where to begin There's too many things that I can't remember As I disappeared like a trend In the hum of the 5 in the early morning And now I'm taking my time Up through Coalinga through the valley This highway lived in my mind It takes

Darlin', don't you understand? That there are no winners? Or metals hung from silken strands To greet you at the finish As we're dissolving into the sea I only take what I can carry As the council's combing through our debris For the treasures we nev

There is whiskey in the water And there is death upon the vine There is fear in the eyes of your father And there is "yours" and there is "mine" There is a desert veiled in pavement And there's a city of seven hills And all our debris

If only you had known me Before the accident Before that grand collision, came a great consequence The scepters overloaded, they burst and disconnect Til there is little feeling, please work with what is left I have not been flattered that you never