It's About More Than That

There was a girl with fingers like bird bones
Who's eyelashes made my heart beat in time
With her legs running round in big circles
With the dark circles under her eyes
So I made her a nest in the crook of my neck
And I just wanted her to be mine

She'd flutter her wings as I'm watching
She would catch every other big breeze
But the girl was as light as her
feathers, her feathers as blue as the sea uh-oh
She flew away from me

I watched fly far away from my rowboat
Just struggling to stay afloat
Took in a big breath
And she grimaced and said,
"I said I told you so"
Uh-oh
"I said I told you so"

There's a girl I meet on the savannah
I was trying to capture a tree
We traded ours names
I said "I like your mane"
And we both said we liked the light breeze
Uh-oh
We both said we like the light breeze

Her coat was like gold long flora
Her smile would twinkle my eyes
I gave her a pat then kept stroking her back
Just as soft as the clouds in the sky
Uh oh
Just as soft as the clouds in the sky

She said, "Oh, let's find out what's next"
So I buried my face where her chin meets her neck
And the air filled my lungs like the cleanest I'd breathed
Smelled like snow,
like clean clothes and pumpkin-spiced tea,
like the roses I got her while she was asleep
And it filled up all the pockets in me
Everyone breathe in

Sometimes I'm surprised by the look in her eyes
Like she likes what she sees even though she's inside
But I'm always amazed when I see what she's kept
Cause this isn't about who you keep as your pets
No, this isn't about having pets

I'm not sure who I am or with whom I will live
The free spirit animal's appropriative
I've kissed tigers and sharks and I once had a rabbit
But I think y'all are more than my metaphors, oh
I'll smile at her and we'll roar