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[Intro] [Verse] Fluorescent hum and lemon Pledge Dusty shelves near the window edge I found a box of mismatched things Between the spoons and copper rings Then I saw the cedar grain Calling out a family name [Pre-Chorus] The air got thick and heavy Like a break in the levee That shape is one I’d know From twenty years ago [Chorus] It’s a half-carved mallard wing A silent, wooden thing You left the beak unfinished The light in here diminished I never asked to hold the knife Now I’m learning about life From a bird that cannot fly Under a thrift store sky [Verse] I flipped it o’er to see the base A smudged pencil mark in place A little 'J' or just a line To show the cut was doing fine The paint is chipped on the throat Like a secret you never wrote I smell the sawdust on your skin Where did the silence begin? [Pre-Chorus] The cello starts to sigh In the corner of my eye I see your hands so steady Before you weren't ready [Chorus] It’s a half-carved mallard wing A silent, wooden thing You left the beak unfinished The light in here diminished I never asked to hold the knife Now I’m learning about life From a bird that cannot fly Under a thrift store sky [Bridge] I watched your thumbs, calloused and grey I thought there’d be another day To sit on the porch and watch shavings fall But I just stood there, leaning on the wall Now the wood is hard and cold A story that was never told [Verse] Three dollars and a heavy heart For a piece of broken art I’ve got it on the kitchen table now Just wishing I could remember how You held the blade against the grain To carve away the quiet pain [Chorus] It’s a half-carved mallard wing A silent, wooden thing You left the beak unfinished The light in here diminished I never asked to hold the knife Now I’m learning about life From a bird that cannot fly Under a thrift store sky [Post-Chorus] Just a mark on the pine Grandpa, you’re still mine Just a mark on the pine I’m doing just fine [Outro]
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