Bone Clock

[Verse 1]
I read your palm by ember
The lines were thin as thread
A sparrow on the sill
Kept pecking at the bread

The wax ran down the altar
Like gold from a broken tooth
You laughed and held my sleeve
Like you had borrowed truth

[Pre-Chorus]
The river takes the reed
The reed forgets the name
The bell forgets the hand
But still it rings the same

[Chorus]
Bone clock, keep counting
Bone clock, keep counting
We bloom, then we’re gone
We bloom, then we’re gone

Bone clock, keep counting
Bone clock, keep counting
Say my name once more
Say my name once more (once more)

[Verse 2]
I found your coat in rainwater
On the edge of the yard
A moth inside the lantern
Working like a tiny shard

The apricots were overripe
Split open in the sun
I turned and saw the field
Already half undone

[Pre-Chorus]
The river takes the reed
The reed forgets the name
The bell forgets the hand
But still it rings the same

[Chorus]
Bone clock, keep counting
Bone clock, keep counting
We bloom, then we’re gone
We bloom, then we’re gone

Bone clock, keep counting
Bone clock, keep counting
Say my name once more
Say my name once more (once more)

[Bridge]
When the ash returns to ash
And the loaf returns to stone
I’ll follow every breadcrumb
To the hollow under bone

The stars lean in like witnesses
The door swings on its hymn
I leave a candle burning
For the shape you left within (within)

[Final Chorus]
Bone clock, keep counting
Bone clock, keep counting
We bloom, then we’re gone
We bloom, then we’re gone

Bone clock, keep counting
Bone clock, keep counting
Say my name once more
Say my name once more (once more)