Lines (feat. Party Fears)

We walked outside one day and there it was

One straight white line just hanging there

Cutting the sky in two

A plane, life

Lives other than ours and the ones we've been living

A half life submerged without thought without giving

Comfort in the low points or high praise in the highs

We just got used to living a life of compromise

Together Alone,

We're together alone

We were so terrified as we clung to each other together, alone

There was nothing I could give you no comfort but an apple I pulled out of the basket and pressed into your palm

You smiled at me and said, everything's going to be fine

I smiled at you and answered I'm sure that you are right.

But you've always been a liar and you know what? So have I.

They say lying gets you nowhere, but fuck it's worth a try.

You got so sick, no light in your eyes

No appetite

The apple went untouched in your pocked

And when you asked me am I going to die

Then I should have lied

And so you knew in that moment, you knew

You're not getting through this

I won't draw that white line in the sky

I won't be sat staring out at passing clouds

I won't survive this, the thing that took the most

I'm never going to make it but fuck, I came so close

I buried your body, the first place that I found

The first place that would take you,

It was winter, so the ground was so hard beneath my fingers

I dug until I bled

A shallow little divot but what was there instead?

Together alone, We're together alone

We left you to the damp and dirt, we didn't have a choice

We didn't have the means to take you

Besides we weren't allowed

The thought of you just lying there alone under the clay

I thought of me alone and safe and if I should have stayed

I thought of what I'd say to you if I could see your face

If somehow you'd forgive me if we could only meet again

And when the evening stretched to brightness, when the spring time came

I wondered if an apple tree had grown out of your grave