Real House Lyrics

Real House Lyrics

Do you remember running?

The purity of the air around

Braiding willow branches into a crown

That love is all I want

I'm a child humming

Into the clarity of black space

Where stars shine like tears on the night's face

With a cool wind

Mama, what happened?

I never thought we'd go this long

Now, thirty-one and I don't feel strong

And your love is all I want

When I was seven

I saw the first film that made me scared

And I thought of this whole world ending

I thought of dying unprepared

We moved into a real house

A wild field behind it

I wanted to be an inventor

Collected scraps to make a portal

I wanted so much for magic to be real

So many dreams of flying

Rising high over the crowd

And they'd go, "Oh, man, look at her go!"

And I'd go

Do you remember

Coming to the hospital when I was fourteen?

My friends all left me there spinning

Dad was angry, but you saw everything

And you made me laugh as the nurses undressed me

You held my hand as they put the needle in me

I never saw you cry

Not until our dog died

And the whole family came back together

We held her body as they put the needle in her

And then I saw you cry

And then I saw you cry