I watched the sun burn brighter than it had in all my memories I watched my love sink further down, a perfect golden sunbeam Calculate the angle of shadows Follow a straight line back past the gallows Follow your voice out the back door And brilliant light hits the cracks in my forehead I watched the sun burn brighter than it had in all my memories I watched my love sink further down, a perfect golden sunbeam Move back to the house where my grandfather settled A fresh coat of paint and a handful of candles Nothing quite fits, a peculiar palette Vibrant and rich is the life we inhabit here So here we are A violent burning star Sunflowers in the yard Gin bottles on the bar So here we're still A cat on the windowsill Come in and drink your fill Come and see what love has built I watched the sun burn brighter than it had in all my memories I watched my love sink further down, a perfect golden sunbeam