Ubi Fumus - Prayer Beads lyrics

[Verse 1] Tell me where did all the flowers go? Petals pressed under the powdered snow Put some ice cubes in a cup and we drown ‘em slow Ran my calloused fingers through your fabric ‘til i found a hole Train whistles in the summer always sound like home But see that home fell into the water That's how my grandfather put it tellin' to his daughter Smell of pollen and the feelin' was upon us Dwellin' on the hummingbirds, the melons cut in august I've got that slow-flowing mississippi blood Nana raised nine children out the mississippi mud So i don't need these fans to give me love I've got my brothers, got my sister, kid, my family's enough You're gorgeous with a mind as fertile as the ground We're laying on tracin' crop circles in the clouds Please don't say a word or make a sound Only the hum of dragonflies disturbs the perfect place we've found Strings of moments slip like prayer beads between my fingers [Verse 2] Crept amidst the minions of gehenna Slept within the mist with mystic visions of johanna Oh, don't you know you're the one for whom i've written all these stanzas Smitten as i slip betwixt the clickin' of the cameras Laying listless on the floor and i just wish you wouldn't vanish Forgettin' all my manners There's no fiction on my canvas Life's a bumpy ride, got me grippin' on the handles Christened with the candle's Wax drippin' off the mantle Wonder if my father would know me now Born in the garden, a holy child Ate the fruit of the harvest, he drove me out f** ‘em all, arden'll hold me down Pa** the pipe Inhalin' smoke as black as night I trust no master ba*tards, i am abram's sacrifice Gave it up under a summer night's hazy Cover, who can i trust, father, son, and wife betrayed me And now i'm supposed to love the knife that grazed me? God's no friend to me, god, this f**in' life is crazy Strings of moments slip like prayer beads between my fingers [Verse 3] Beans fillin' my pockets Dreams fillin' my head Be still in this silence I keep feelin' i'm next Gave it up for the sake of my love Roll it all up in the papers and puff Hidin' my face Please god give me grace Guess it's the one thing i never prayed for enough I'm so young, i don't know what the hell to do I'm so done, makin' a fool out of myself for you Might f** up, but i tell the truth Say one love, but what i held was two Always been faithful, but can't claim that i haven't been selfish too And i'm happy but can't help but feel that somethin's been destroyed f** it, i'll just stack these couplets up against the void Strings of moments slip like prayer beads between my fingers [Verse 4] Into your palms i press this missal Spirit's strong, but the flesh is fickle But the body is a temple Get depressed, but never will i press my temple with this pistol Tap my feet to keep the tempo Tempted to let my sense go Tension bent in a crescendo Then sent flowin' through this pencil I found out where the flowers go Found the power pollen's powder holds We swear that we're about to blow Cloaked up in a cloud of smoke The world's a stage, but we all make a lonely exit We don't have long, so be present Find someone that you feel blessed with Every bead is holy, every lowly moment's precious And they slip like prayer beads between my fingers