After The Earthquake

After the earthquake

Pictures hanging diagonally

Drive through crying in a milkshake

It wasn't built to last

Up in the front seat

You were playing with the station

And I was fidgeting with the heat

Looking back to the vibrant days of

Racket in the hall

Caution to the breeze

Say you'll climb your way out of your wake now

Velvet curtain drawn

Flowers at your feet

Say you'll contemplate how you're weighed down

The pulse of the brakelight

Is the colour of burning embers

If you wake up, will you remember

The awful things I said at the edge of the bed?

Thrashing like a great white (I feel the northern tide)

As they rolled you up on a stretcher (crashing on the pines)

And the faint words of Jessica Fletcher

(I feel the northern tide)

Were drowned out by the sound of (crashing on the pines)

Racket in the hall

Caution to the breeze

Say you'll climb your way out of your wake now

Those days, I'd never let you fall apart

But things fade like the scent of a brand new car

Why would I ever fall in love again

When every detail is over the guardrail?

Say you'll climb your way out of your wake now

Say you'll contemplate how you're weighed down

Are you awake now?

Are you awake now?

Racket in the hall

Caution to the breeze

Velvet curtain drawn

Flowers at your feet