Box for Buddy, Box for Star

So long, my lonely friend
Goodbye, my only love
I will wait all alone in the solar winds
Until we fly again

Every cut on the open plain
All the pain in the thunderin' sky
Cannot hide my heart from your angel's eye
As you watch me from above

Be still, your shaking hand
Be true, your bleeding drum
As you throw your heart to the burning sun
I will watch you from above

So long, my lonely friend
Goodbye, my only love
I will wait all alone in the solar winds
Until we fly again
Until we fly again

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Nathaniel Amos

I'm not rolling nowhere without my ball
Look at my ball, it's perfect
I might crush in summer but I love in fall
I'm pretty sure winter's perfect

I'm not playing numbers, I'm painting facts
Lie in this light, it's perfect
I don't mind the present and I like the past
I think that the future's worth it

I'll save the best of me
Saving the best of me for you
And when you roll back home
I'll be painting light for you
I make the best I can
Doing the best that I can do
There's something calling me
Something's calling mе to you

I'm not making practice, I'm painting hands
Look at your hand, it's perfect
I'm not singing fantasy at thе sun
I'm not looking thirty, I'm looking one

You little sick thing, you had your fun
You hide the dead like you always said you would
Baby, you can hear the bass and the pounding of the drum
Yeah, you're gonna bang it out 'cause the sick's so good, like
You hit the gas, yeah, your heart's all play
You cut the line, baby, there's no more tears
You know some people'd wanna go
Yeah, they'd wanna run away
But you're all fucked up and you wanna stay here with me

You little sick thing, you had your fun
You cut the line, baby, there's no more tears
You know some people'd wanna go
Yeah, they'd wanna run away
But you're all fucked up and you wanna stay here with me

You started fire and I smashed all that air
Dog ate our lunch and you cut off all your hair
Never caught the little shit
Yeah, we're never sitting right
Still we're hungry sitting tired in the Spanish light
You touch your head, now the curl's all gone
You kiss the breeze, yeah, you never wanna wait
And baby, you can hear the call like a whisper in the wind
And you're gonna see the stars by the time it's too late

I lost your love today
In a lonely summer breeze
I was dreaming all my dreams
Yeah, I'm my own worst enemy
And I know it's only cards
But love I feel your heart in spades
While you were dancing in the club
I gave my diamonds all away

I fired off every nerve
Inside my lover's nervous arms
I was counting lucky stars
Before I walked out of the bar
And I know it's only fair
That I should end up all embarrassed
'Cause you were laughing in the rain
While I was crying there in Paris

I'm not crying 'cause I'm here
But causе I wish that I was there
Becausе I told me not to notice
When I could feel you losing focus
'Cause I felt that way before
I don't take echoes in my wind
But a loser never wins
And I'm a loser, always been
 

You cried my name and I didn't hear you 'cause I went so low
I carried past instead of tending to the presence in my hand
Is that love? No
But I didn't leave, I'm a believer, that's my boy Limbo
I never knew but I wanna know what's right for you, my love
Is that love? Yea

You brought me back and I didn't thank you 'cause I felt so safe
I held your hand across my eyes and didn't think about time
Is that love? No
I couldn't see 'cause I didn't look and that's my problem, I know
I never knew but I wanna know what's good for you, my love
Do you know?
And I didn't leave, I'm a believer, that's my boy Limbo
I never knew but I wanna know what's low for you, my love
Is that love? Yea

I said, where's your love now?
Long after your song is over
You left me to drink, I thought I'd die in my sleep
But I'm healthier now
And I'm happier now
Long after our love is over
But you lied me a hole I thought I couldn't repair
And you didn't blink

I'm gonna let me be angry
'Cause I tried to be fine for too damn long
And I guess I should tell you
You can't seriously think I'd forget those lines
Shaking hands, I touch words that you said out loud
My crying eyes that could only look down in shame
I don't think you could know all the shame I feel

Yea, where's your love now?
Long after your song is over
That gas got mе so bad that I thought I deserved it
But I'm hеalthier now
And I'm doing just fine
Long after our time is over
But I still wanna cry when I remember your lies
I said, where's your love now?

Buddy you broke me, I wanna go home

Buddy you broke me, I wanna go home
Clipping my heels, flicking wings in the ash
In the morning I'll cry and you'll laugh 'cause you know
I can't stare out my window, lest my angel stare back

Look at that forked tongue on you
Speaks to my angel wherever I sleep
Yea, my body goes thump and my heart goes boom
It'd be mighty kind of you to leave them alone

My buddy, he bit me - I still feel his teeth
And I try to make light but he suffocates love
I stare at my buddy and my buddy stares at me
And I wish I could dream but my angel is there

Ain't nothing likе sorry, ain't nothing like a joke
But I'm done singing funny 'causе I just end up crying
Always crying in fire where my angel's in pain
And my buddy sits laughing at me, breathing my smoke

Buddy you broke me, I wanna go home
Clipping my heels, flicking wings in the ash
In the morning I'll cry and you'll laugh 'cause you know
I can't stare out my window, lest my angel stare back

I just got off an aeroplane
I said Jesus Christ, not this again
I said all these cities look the same without you
They look the same without you

I can’t tell what the street signs say
They just point at me and laugh at me
And they tease me dreams of every day I held you
These streets remind me of you

And I don’t know where my past has been
But my future’s been here all along
It’s a galaxy that sings to me about you
The stars all sing about you

And each word is a melody
And each melody is a mystery to me
It’s a secret song they sing to me about you
A song that sings about you

My mouth laughs like a summer breeze
And I feel your laughter shake my knees
All the trees and me and birds just sigh about you
While the music sighs with us too

I feel red while the rain eats days
And the purple mountains call me names

My brother said “I don’t believe in love” to me
And I've heard him say the same thing twice before
I hear that pain, I got those wings inside
My heart's so full of pain that I could fly

If you said you wanted two days I'd give you five
And I'd still be alive
Ain’t nothing gonna make me cry - I will not cry, love
If it made life easy for you, I would say goodbye
And love, if you said you needed two legs, I’d give you mine

“I walked away,” he said
“I remember every day,” he said
My brothеr said “Now boy, don’t lose your head”
But I catch him smile, my guy
Whеn I laugh he asks me why
I say “Brother, I'm stuck up holding in my sky”

'Cause baby, if you said you wanted fire, I’d need to pick my stars
I wanna bring you light
Ain’t nothing gonna take me down from here without it
If it makes you warmer, love, then I will burn the night
And love, if you say you need a new day, I won’t ask why

I tried to stop him but my brother got too high
He said that love’s too much to hold sometimes
And I hold that pain, I do
I keep those wings inside
My heart's so full of love that I could fly

Satan gave my wings
To some mother's son instead
He's on the other side he's dead
Yeah, his heart's all opened wide right now
He won't go back inside
As the rain is closing in
As his pain blows in the wind
All my pain can do is sing

And I'm singing in my room
Drinking blue lights from his dreams
Here's a beat for you and me
From a heart that made it out somehow
And my love sees a star somehow
Through the water in my eyes
I pray to Satan and god alike
That he's sleeping somewhere good

Satan gave my death
To some kid out in the wings
Now he can see his favorite singer sing
Yeah, his mouth is open screaming now
And he doesn't want to leave
As the band takes clapping hands
He's gonna watch his favorite dancer dance
As he looks down holds his breath and sees me