Magnolia

Your heartbeat is pulsing at night in your chestIt's gold and it's glowing with all the life you have leftI received your words from hospitals where you felt aloneYour words like smoke, they made me sick but they kept me warmRun where you'll be safeThrough the garden gatesTo the shelter of magnoliasYour eyes are like sea glass, so weathered and wornFrom all they've seen of adolescence tornThe lovers who have tainted you, they pulled you into the nightThey touched your skin with velvet gloves and made you feel aliveRun where you'll be safeThrough the garden gatesTo the shelter of magnoliasThere's not much timeThe blush in the sky begins to fadeYou are weathered and wornYour petals soft and tornThe fading colorYou have bent your shouldersTo hold the weight of the worldYou will surely shatterRun where you'll be safeThrough the garden gatesTo the shelter of magnoliasThere's not much timeThe blush in the sky begins to fade