Bloodlines

Blue hands

Holding mine in a vice grip when we dive in

And we're bodies underwater in the wreckage

And we circle 'round the wreck, and we climb into the hold

Pink walls, grout lines in the bathtub water brine

Scuba mask on too tight, Daddy's shouting all the time

Half-dead blue light from the TV down the hall

Your mama's staring at the wall

You got a big heart in spite of it all

You got a big heart in spite of it all

High school

You were sixteen when your brother tried to kill you

In the backyard 'neath the Oklahoma new moon

Three shots in the dark, and he missed, but he didn't mean to

Blue-veined bloodlines broken in a single night

You left without a fight when the sun began to rise

Five months went by, and you slept inside your car

And your mama never called

You got a big heart in spite of it all

You got a big heart in spite of it all

You got a big heart in spite of it all

In spite of it all