Best Thing - Nadia Reid

Why did you cut down that tree in your front yard?

I had watched it grow for many years since I was a girl

And it seemed to shake my gravity just a little

It feels like the paint is peeling on my heart

When are we making it out to that island?

You never took me anywhere when I was yours

And I am all alone in Italy now

And I could break it but I wouldn’t, no I would--

You are the best thing

That I have ever had

Tried to make it to the carnival, tried to bake it into a pie

While you were up there with I was getting high

I see out there in the corner, you are wanting something more

For your life, and for my life

You are the best thing

That I have ever had

I broke my leg on that hill I remember it so

We were looking for a rose, looking for something closer

To the edge of all that I am, you are wanting something more

For your life, and for our life

You are the best thing

That I have ever had

And no one could ever know

That I am better off from being your one