Real House

作词 : Adrianne Lenker

作曲 : Adrianne Lenker

Do you remember running?

The purity of the air around

Braiding low branches into a crown

That love is all I want

I'm a child humming

Into the clarity of the black space

Where stars shine like tears on the night's face

With a cool wind

Mama, what happened?

I never thought we'd go this long

Now 31 and I don’t feel strong

And your love is all I want

When I was 7

I saw the first film that made me scared

And I thought of this whole world ending

I thought of dying unprepared

We moved into a real house

A wild field behind it

I wanted to be an inventor

Collected scraps to make a portal

I wanted so much for magic to be real

So many dreams of flying

Rising high over a crowd

And they go “oh man, look at her go”

And I'd go

Do you remember

Coming to the hospital when I was 14?

My friends all left me there spinning

Dad was angry, but you saw everything

And you made me laugh as the nurses undressed me

You held my hand as they put the needle in me

I never saw you cry

Not until our dog died

And our whole family came back together

We held her body as they put the needle in her

And then I saw you cry

And then I saw you cry