Astronautalis - Midday Moon lyrics

A sliver of chalk across the blue Lord knows I don't know what the hell's the use of the midday moon You came to my arms too goddamn soon Lord knows I don't know what to do with you and the midday moon This is just to say They've taken everything away Every step we made fit into six trucks Pick-ups drawing dust above the driveway The muddy cavalcade came at half past eight Collecting everything in that gra**y bank And every trace of you was taken too And what was once a womb is just a hollow room It was a windy day That kind that makes me hate L.A. 'Cause God gave them a perfect sun And they think gangs and smog were hardly a fair trade They don't breathe or flinch Or even blink at how the green will shift When the wind parades across the meager ridge And kicks the weeds a bit to make seem as if the lea is a sea of waves They say you can't cheat d**h Maybe it's just a shortness of breath Or no pains in your chest A disease we agree that we ain't cured yet Forgive me dear I never thought that we'd end up here From "sweet dreams" whispered in your ear Before a long night's sleep so cold and clear A sliver of chalk across the blue Lord knows I don't know what the hell's the use of the midday moon You came to my arms too goddamn soon Lord knows I don't know what to do with you and the midday moon I've been told that when we die we pa** onto the other side there's no bright light, no bright light. d**h is just a pasture gate that opens by lifting a plank To just more life, just more life I met an old man, sun-tanned, provided by Jesus And the light that pa**ed through stain gla**ed pieces He clutched a rosary flat to his chest And confessed he wasn't ready for d**h I seen an iron eyed firefly, femme fatale Too vain to explain how her hair fell out Lusting for the next thing to erase her shame She doesn't want to live forever, but she's scared to fade away This is how they came to me, one at a time Pilgrims to my building on the cemetery ground All they wanted was an answer and I could never let 'em down I couldn't promise them forever but I could buy a lot of time You Jeanvieve, you were the straw Whispering your wishes in cotton Quebeois I wonder if the Maker ever felt he botched the flock But never had the mettle to make the world stop Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop I wonder if the maker ever felt he botched the flock But never had the mettle to make the world stop Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop I wonder if the maker ever felt he botched the flock But never had the mettle to make the world stop Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop A sliver of chalk across the blue Lord knows I don't know what the hell's the use of the midday moon You came to my arms too goddamn soon Lord knows I don't know what to do with you and the midday moon A sliver of chalk across the blue Lord knows I don't know what the hell's the use of the midday moon You came to my arms too goddamn soon Lord knows I don't know what to do with you and the midday moon