Billie’s Bones

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Billie's tears fall like dust From the air into my eyes Seeping in before they rust Spilling secrets words can't hide I am standing on the bones Of a mound too high to climb Selling secrets to atone For a song that is not mine [Chorus] Billie's bones are white and bleached Piled high and hard to reach And the top looks cold and bleak But I see farther when I stand On Billie's bones in Billie's land [Verse 2] There's an orchid in her hair There are bruises on her lips I would worship if I dared Kneeling at her fingertips I would tell her how I've yearned To be worthy of the grail All these years and all I've learned Is just how brilliantly I fail [Chorus] Billie's bones are white and bleached Piled high and hard to reach And the top looks cold and bleak But I see farther when I stand On Billie's bones in Billie's land [Bridge] Now the flesh of earth has passed Now the joints have come undone All that's left of her is ash Scattered on the air like crumbs [Verse 3] There are voices on the wind Stolen whispers, sacred moans You can hear them through your skin And the singing of the bones When the wind blows from the east I can taste her on my tongue And the grave is lined and paved with All the songs we never sung