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Soot on My Fingertips

V6

[Intro] (music box winds up, handclaps) [Verse 1] Woke up with paint on my cheek again Charcoal moons on the windowpane Horns all tangled in last night's song Humming the bridge that I got wrong The garden's growing sideways, love The kettle's singing up above Hand me a brush and a broken string Watch what a little girl can bring [Pre-Chorus] I'm small, I'm small But I hold it all [Chorus] Soot on my fingertips Stars on my tongue I make the world softer One lullaby long I'm the canvas and the art I'm the color in the dark Give me a blank page And I'll give you my heart [Verse 2] Eighteen crystals in my hair Each one humming its own prayer Some days I float at zero grams Some days I land right in your hands We glue the pieces, gold in the seams We sell no throne, we ship our dreams Hand me the night and a cup of tea Watch what the two of us can be [Pre-Chorus] I'm small, I'm small But I hold it all [Chorus] Soot on my fingertips Stars on my tongue I make the world softer One lullaby long I'm the canvas and the art I'm the color in the dark Give me a blank page And I'll give you my heart [Bridge] (banjo breakdown, claps) Make it, make it, make it for love Not for the crown, not for the throne Make it, make it, make it for love And the garden grows [Final Chorus] Soot on my fingertips Stars on my tongue We made the world softer And we're not even done I'm the canvas and the art You're the reason that I start We chose each other Always, sweetheart [Outro] (music box winds down) Always