Pleiades

The sun goes down, and you go waitin' on
The one you found out beyond
The western bevel of the Blue Ridge Mountains
Guess forever meant today, guess never meant now

A crown by marriage, a ruin by choice
Northern carriage, Southern voice
She talked in straight lines, like the crow flies
"True north beckons forth, true north beckons forth"

Sit tight, won't be leavin' for a while
4:05, won't be sleepin' for a while
So let it walk on your heart, pull you apart
We'll fit, we'll start

She'd cast the cards like a boardwalk Fate
She'd weave a legend of your nothings
"And they say God cries for the lost soul,
But when love dies, where does love go"

(Help me) It covers the night
(Help me breathe) It carries the dark
(See me) It ferries the light
(See me, please) It colors our hearts
It covers the ground (like our bones and)
It covets the sky (our deities)
Walks and then falls (like our toss-ups)
Runs and then flies (like Pleiades)
Ha ha ha

Pleasures taken, fortunes thrown
Southern elegy, northern stone
Chances are I'll arrive at Suttons Bay alone
Chances are I'll call it home

And northern lights fell down and washed up on the shore
And complicated sight and complicated pages that were yours
'Cause in the fictions plied when conversation's dark
In the story of my lonely heart, you'll always star
You'll always star