Nightships - Jesse Marchant

The beatdown

Was an all night affair

Hummingbird at my side

On the stair

Held my tongue

On my cousin’s porch

In the twilight, faded

There are doors

And windows to see

Into life for what it could be

Lights go on, lights go off again

And we lie in there faking

Wrong way, love delivered to me

Caught my eye, it was all I could see

Honest love, past lives

All in a wave

Came a rush and then faded

Did you lay out a trap?

Power is off

And they’re drawing the blinds on you

Dragon of the basement

Long way down to New Orleans

In front of my eyes

You were all I could see

All this love, passed by

All the way

I tried to erase it

I’ve been losing every try

All the things I can’t find