Skydiving

Always a few strides Ahead of me on a hot hike You've got a hunger for new heights And I fear your appetite You climb a tree and my heart pounds Your lung collapsed last time you fell High on ketamine, strapped to a gurney Sudden clarity when faced with emergency You ain't scared of dogs that bite I sleep with a night light You jumped off the roof at five I never learned how to ride a bike Cross a bridge and my heart pounds I collapsed when I heard she fell Found her car, parked by the freeway Overpasses make my head ache I won't ever go Skydiving with you I won't lay my life on the lines Of a parachute Your star sign holds me down Steady Virgo with a furrowed brow I won't write your name in clouds But stand before me and I'll kiss the ground You look at me and my heart pounds Found the one the first time I fell 22, grieving in LA City of Angels sent you my way I won't ever go Skydiving with you I won't lay my life on the lines Of a parachute Oh, I won't ever go Skydiving with you I won't ever know what that smile looks like From an angel's view