Black Sand
When bones are burned they drift off to black sand beaches
Like burned stovetops all in a row
Where miles of tiger-striped ashes hiss in swirls of wind
Shooting over sooty mounds like liquid sphinx' poolin' round the driftwood
White bones make the beaches look big
White bones make the beaches look big
White bones make the beaches look big
White bones make the beaches look big
When brothers die, they tend to the beaches
Cutting footprints like snake trails
Sinkin' up to their ankles
during low tide, yeah
White bones
White bones and ah, black sand
White bones
White bones and ah, black sand
We skip stones like bodies into graves
That shine through crescent waves
And sink when the wind closes in
Their hands are red like big brother clouds
That watch over the water
And wash off the color
White bones make the beaches look big
White bones make the beaches look big
(come on, come on, come on)
White bones make the beaches look big
White bones make the beaches look big
Us brothers rake and clean the sand
Untie the sphinx', unshackle their hands
The sphinx' thunder up trails of water
With enormous paws that come down fast
Smoothing sand into mud
(white bones make the beaches look big)
Smoothing sand into mud
(white bones make the beaches look big)
Smoothing sand into mud
(white bones make the beaches look big)
Smoothing sand into mud
White bones make the beaches look big
Like burned stovetops all in a row
Where miles of tiger-striped ashes hiss in swirls of wind
Shooting over sooty mounds like liquid sphinx' poolin' round the driftwood
White bones make the beaches look big
White bones make the beaches look big
White bones make the beaches look big
White bones make the beaches look big
When brothers die, they tend to the beaches
Cutting footprints like snake trails
Sinkin' up to their ankles
during low tide, yeah
White bones
White bones and ah, black sand
White bones
White bones and ah, black sand
We skip stones like bodies into graves
That shine through crescent waves
And sink when the wind closes in
Their hands are red like big brother clouds
That watch over the water
And wash off the color
White bones make the beaches look big
White bones make the beaches look big
(come on, come on, come on)
White bones make the beaches look big
White bones make the beaches look big
Us brothers rake and clean the sand
Untie the sphinx', unshackle their hands
The sphinx' thunder up trails of water
With enormous paws that come down fast
Smoothing sand into mud
(white bones make the beaches look big)
Smoothing sand into mud
(white bones make the beaches look big)
Smoothing sand into mud
(white bones make the beaches look big)
Smoothing sand into mud
White bones make the beaches look big
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Writer(s): Seamus Bartlett
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