Real House

Do you remember running? The purity of the air around Braiding willow branches into a crown That love is all I want I'm a child humming Into the clarity of black space Where stars shine like tears on the night's face With a cool wind Mama, what happened? I never thought we'd go this long Now 31 and I don't feel strong And your love is all I want When I was seven 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 So many dreams of flying Rising high over the crowd And they'd go, "Oh man, look at her go" And I'd go, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh Do you remember coming to the hospital when I was 14? My friends all left me there spinning, Dad was angry But 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 the whole family came back together We held her body as they put the needle in her And then I saw you cry And then I saw you cry