Sink Ships

Ryan Adams

Composed by: Ryan Adams
Sun that falls 
on your hands 
As you type; 
Just something 
in my head
Standing 
in this empty space
Your desk is gone 
The wall is still 
from where it went 
This is position 
is not open now 
for applicants 

The application forms 
get shredded 
There was faulty wording 
in the document
I can still hear you laughing 
Coming up the rickety stairs
Laughing as the springtime 
filled your longs with air
Grey smoke rung out 
like the patches of your hair
Like violets
Like birds inside the bells 

Break those prows 
in the back of my mind
While the sun is out;
No, it's still up 
and the light is shining
It's season's push and pull 
and all to get us through
Well my mind is open now; 
Like the door to an empty room
This position is not open now 
for applicants 

The application forms 
get shredded 
There was faulty 
wording in the document
I can still hear you laughing 
Coming up the rickety stairs
Laughing as the springtime 
filled your longs with air
Grey smoke rung out 
like the patches of your hair
Like violets
Like birds inside the bells 

If somehow I had known
I'd have rather gone 
down with the ship
Than be without you 
If only for the chance 
to hold your hand;
To be your friend 
If never for the last time 
I would've rather 
gone down in this
The war is over
The war is over
The war is over
And I'm waiting 
in the sinking ships 

If only I had known
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