Greeting the Whales - Zen Hanami

Eight years old to the day You blew your candles off the cake Wishing too hard for them to stay You burnt the house down She held the match, he held her face You learned to hate your birthday Calling her bitch, despite your wish They had to separate And the room sings And it sounds like leaving home And the room sings "We know something you don't" Now he's quite the stand-up guy He's stood you up 'least twelve times And when he finally does arrive He brings his new wife The family shrink from second floor The one he claimed he couldn't afford Your mother cries, clings to the floor You knock his lights out And the room sings And it sounds like leaving home And the room sings "We know something you don't" And the room sings And it sounds like leaving home The room sings "We know something you don't" The room sings And it sounds like there's no love

I Can count every freckle Can count every line You've rolled you're eyes Over at me for In a parking lot light With a stripped smile You're making that look Like it's funny that you're causing me trouble In a back car seat Reminding me That even in a wreck I've got someone for holding I'm losing sleep Well, how could I ever Close my eyes when you're brown And good days green right next to me? I'm losing my mind Swore it wouldn't happen this time But if love makes you stupid You're making me the biggest fool you'll ever find So make me yours From this day forward And I'll grow to be somebody you deserve With promises for all their worth I'll remember every word And every silly little chord The way you bite your lip Pretending you're innocent And all of it's been In a blanket fort of secrets Will you make me a child? And love with the world through your lens And all of it's spent In the sheets you kick to the end of the bed I'll make every morning With your side a bit of a mess Cause that's how you like it And I really like you Oh, I love you to death

This is not for your cries This is all for your lies Listen out for your mind You're killing me over love Don't drown your heart, baby Just breathe, don't drown your heart Just breathe, don't drown your heart, baby Just breathe, don't drown your heart Just breathe, don't drown your heart, baby Just breathe, don't drown your heart Just breathe, don't drown your heart, baby Just breathe, don't drown your heart Tell me all the dreams you've found Sing me all the songs you love Can I sing them with you now Your kisses are the only doubt Don't drown your heart, baby Just breathe, don't drown your heart Just breathe, don't drown your heart, baby Just breathe, don't drown your heart Just breathe, don't drown your heart, baby Just breathe, don't drown your heart Just breathe, don't drown your heart, baby Just breathe, don't drown your heart This is not for your cries Sing me all the songs you love Can I sing them with you now Your kisses are the only doubt