[Hook] [x2]

And when I see (the) lightning, feels like my buzz is heightening

Everytime I feel the sun, I can smell the love

Everytime I smell the air, I can hear a child trying

But everytime I hear a river I think the mother is crying

[Verse 1]

It was a purple purple sky and an orange orange moon

And everyone was whistling the same tune

Except Brian, Brian stared out across the field

And watch the horizon blossom to cop a feel

Over the edge of the world

The one we're all afraid to walk

The rationate for why they're so high on the small talk

But Brian knows where the crows all go

To find the if's, and the and's and the but's and also's

[Chorus]

If I could run through the woods and speed like the light

I’d find the answers to why, and be back by tonight

If I could fly through the fog and look down at this rock

I’d figure out how to sweep hell off of my block

But as it stands, I lay content

Tryin’ to be the magic man, tryin' to pay my rent

Stay bend, try to turn on the secrets you sought

While we're still burning the dawn just to keep the day hot

[Verse 2]

They slipped hidden messages into the cards that were dealt

Trying to understand myself and all of the sorrow I felt

For as simple as I'am how'd it get so complex

Got me studying the margins and disregarding the text

I open the curtains and listen to the traffic go

But I still get nervous each time my piece passes go

The residue is thick, the memory fails

I still laugh cuz the path feels a lot like a trail

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]

We used to be lost walking these hallways with pride

Drunk or sober, life was nothing short of rollercoaster rides

Used to trip off the music, speak to the rhythm

All we wanted out of life was living

And when you passed I wanted to take back the time we wasted

I'd trade all the buzzes in for one more conversation

We can sit in the shade and discuss the meaning of sacred

Cause I can't see the garden no more, just the aphids

But the wind still blows and the plains still grow

And I wish your name was on the guest list to my shows

I want you to see me find my freedom

Cause you got to meet the sun before you got to meet my son

[Hook] [x4]

And when I see the lightning, feels like my buzz is heightening

Everytime I feel the sun, I can smell the love

Everytime I smell the air, I can hear a child trying

But everytime I hear a river I think the mother is crying

[Outro]

And when I hear a river I think the mother is crying

But when I hear a river I think the mother is crying

But when I hear a river I think the mother is crying

But when I hear the river..