Belly Human Child
[Verse]
We hold life tight to our chest
Slip it on like a dress
We're oh so faithfully possessed
We let ourselves be owned by things long gone
Old photographs, old songs wrap us in gauze
[Pre-Chorus]
O human child
Your face to the wind, your back to the sun
O human child
You're digging up bones and miss all the fun
[Chorus]
I'm not here to save you
I'm just trying to get you outside
Get yourself out of your way
And pull your head out of the shade
[Verse]
A bird takes off into above
We follow with our eyes
But never grab hold, never own it
That's as it should be, as it was
And ever will be
So let's stop mourning, stop your sobbing
[Pre-Chorus]
O human child
Your face to the wind, your back to the sun
O human child
You're digging up bones and miss all the fun
[Chorus]
I'm not here to save you
I'm just trying to get you outside
Get yourself out of your way
And pull your head out of the shade
[Bridge]
Nothing ever dies
But we still gotta let it go
Let your beauty sing across time
And stop trying to own, own, own
Nothing ever dies
But we still gotta let it go
[Verse]
Some trick of the light
Pulls me upright
Makes me laugh out loud into the emptiness
Some pull on the hair
Somebody there
Makes me stare wide-eyed into the emptiness
[Pre-Chorus]
So human child
Your face to the wind, your back to the sun
O human child
You're digging up bones and miss every point
[Alt. Chorus]
It's a beautiful night, I'm here to drag you outside
Pull your head of the shade, my sun-blessed babe
It's a beautiful night, I'm here to drag you outside
Pull your ass of the shade, my sun-blessed babe
[Outro]
I'm not here to save you
My sun-blessed baby