Jenna's Letter Home

from Jenna by Jesse & the Revelator

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I'm lost as a raindrop fallen at sea
I'm worn as the teeth on a buried house key
I'm faint as the taste of thine own blood to thee
So please keep an eye on your memories of me

Be as devout in vigil as Mary at the cross
Or the TV you left home without turnin off
Or the wind that's holdin your banner aloft
While also frayin its ribbons apart

You will try to hold on for as long as you can
They'll be buildin new homes where the older ones stand
You'll be squintin so tightly but I won't come together
When they bulldoze the ghetto I hope it don't look any better

Some unfaded paint where a portrait had hung
Or a letter you'd written to yourself when you were young
You hate to engage with things that're gone
So don't thinkin on me feel just like starin at the sun?

You will try to hold on for as long as you can
They'll be buildin new homes where the older ones stand
I wish hearts could break in coordinated efforts
We could have a big old countdown, and let go of each other together

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from Jenna, released March 27, 2017

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