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[Intro] [Verse] Creaking on the bottom stair Cold light in the dusty air Floating in the quiet there Finding what we used to share A heavy coat for us to wear [Pre-Chorus] Shadows stretch across the floor I don't need to ask for more Just the silence of the room Breaking through the afternoon [Chorus] Oh, the weight of every tool Learned in nature’s patient school Sorting through the cedar grain Keeping out the winter rain A life in boxes, neat and slow Everything we used to know [Post-Chorus] Cedar dust and steel This is how we feel Turning of the wheel Turning of the wheel [Verse] Seed packets for a summer's day "Radish" written in a gray Pencil scrawl from ninety-four Tucked beside the cellar door Chisels sharp and polished bright Waiting for the morning light [Bridge] Hidden in a velvet scrap Resting in a wooden lap A tiny wing, a beak of oak A secret that he never spoke No birthday gift, no grand design Just a sparrow, soft and fine Halfway born from cherry wood Doing all the good he could [Chorus] Oh, the weight of every tool Learned in nature’s patient school Sorting through the cedar grain Keeping out the winter rain A life in boxes, neat and slow Everything we used to know [Verse] I put the sparrow on the sill While the world is standing still The workshop smells of yesterday I wouldn't have it any way Except for how it had to be A piece of him inside of me [Outro]
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