Fever Dream of an Abandoned Paradise

[Verse 1] You left the lights all on In gardens overgrown The halos on the statues Have slipped and cracked in stone There’s a hymn behind my teeth Of gates we used to climb I taste it turning dust Before it reaches sky [Pre-Chorus] If I look, it rearranges things If I name it, then it was real So I keep it folded up Like a map I never peel [Chorus] One lost key, two torn wings, three dim stars in rows I keep that carousel slow One lost key, two torn wings, three dim stars in rows Like I’m one breath from home One lost key, two torn wings, three dim stars in rows My silence lets it glow One lost key, two torn wings, three dim stars in rows And you’ll never know [Verse 2] The orchards turned to glass The rivers hum in sleep The golden gates are rusted Where angels used to meet I could call your name out loud Wake every sleeping stair But I just watch the sky go out And leave the heavens there [Pre-Chorus] If I look, it rearranges things If I name it, then it was real So I keep it folded up Like a map I never peel [Chorus] One lost key, two torn wings, three dim stars in rows I keep that carousel slow One lost key, two torn wings, three dim stars in rows Like I’m one breath from home One lost key, two torn wings, three dim stars in rows My silence lets it glow One lost key, two torn wings, three dim stars in rows And you’ll never know [Bridge] Maybe it wasn’t built to last Maybe it just slipped out of place Like a kingdom left in boxes In some forgotten attic space So I stay where the almost lives In the ache between the clouds and blue [Final Chorus] One lost key, two torn wings, three dim stars in rows I keep that carousel slow One lost key, two torn wings, three dim stars in rows Like I’m one breath from home One lost key, two torn wings, three dim stars in rows My silence lets it glow One lost key, two torn wings, three dim stars in rows And you’ll never know