The Margin Notes

[Intro]
[Verse]
Clock on the wall ticks slow
Back where the wild things grow
Found your old field guide today
Tucked in the back, tucked away
Cursive that leans to the right
Catching the afternoon light
Pencil marks soft on the edge
Notes from the blackberry hedge
[Chorus]
Stain every finger in blue
Sweet like the spirit of you
Rain on the porch starts to fall
Echoing down through the hall
Letting the heavy things go
Watching the river-bed flow
Finding the grace in the line
Everything’s going to be fine
[Verse]
“Watch for the briar and spine”
“Wait till the clusters are fine”
“Sugar is found in the heat”
“Bitterness makes it more sweet”
Scribbles of birds in the sky
Reasons for saying goodbye
Yellowed and brittle and old
Stories that never were told
[Pre-Chorus]
The screen door is humming a tune
Under a pale afternoon
I feel the weight of the pen
Finding your rhythm again
[Chorus]
Stain every finger in blue
Sweet like the spirit of you
Rain on the porch starts to fall
Echoing down through the hall
Letting the heavy things go
Watching the river-bed flow
Finding the grace in the line
Everything’s going to be fine
[Bridge]
Regrets are like weeds in the sun
Pulling them out one by one
Fireflies dance in the dark
Leaving a shimmering spark
I read what you didn’t say
Watching the ghosts fade away
Healing the heart of the child
Lost in the woods and the wild
[Verse]
The shop is a cavern of wood
Doing the best that I could
I lock up the heavy front door
Not feeling lost anymore
The guide is a map to the soul
Making the broken things whole
I carry your voice in the dark
Like a small, shimmering spark
[Chorus]
Stain every finger in blue
Sweet like the spirit of you
Rain on the porch starts to fall
Echoing down through the hall
Letting the heavy things go
Watching the river-bed flow
Finding the grace in the line
Everything’s going to be fine
[Post-Chorus]
Bramble and ink on the page
Wisdom that comes with the age
Bramble and ink in my hand
Learning to understand
[Outro]