Puppydog Smile

Leaving, through the mirror in the basement Clutching all the white noise you couldn't save You shed a flood of tears You carried out your bidding It's all you've ever hidden Forgiven, forgotten, just yesterday Leaving, the one forever chasing butterflies To swallow their wings in an innocent green She was a priest when she was small But she found the god she wanted Just someone who kept talking Loud enough to drown out the past High above the rivers That flow out and away from you The people you've hurt and the people you've carried They haven't stopped trying to get through They're still trying their hardest to reach you Leaving, you breathe upon her fragile face so carefully The one thing you can do to keep her warm "When you slipped away to let me sleep, I had the most amazing dream I knew I'd be waiting here forever But you, you were right there with me And God was who you thought I used to be" High above the rivers Tracing paths back to the love you never knew The people who left little permanent traces They haven't stopped trying to get through "Who ever said we know where we're all headed to?" Over all the burning reels of film Projected on the houses that stand so still Over all the burning reels of film And all the sleeping secrets that lie there still