Shovel & A Stopwatch Songtext
von Henry Mansfield

I′ve forgotten what fall looks like
Weather wets the string and threads another week of 85 degrees
While blood clots at the turnpike
Bachelors wander pockets stuff with rings
I'm disappearing daily to the trees

The future′s near
I'm hoarding every penny from the street in case we're out of change
Before your reappear
Remind me of the life between monotonies
Digging our new place to be

I′ve created something tiny
Jeopardy: what is a DMZ?
A trench, a safe of light and shadow for our dreams
That′s right


The future's near
I′m hoarding every penny from the street in case we're out of change
Before your reappear
Remind me of the life between monotonies
And all the week spent struggling to spell sentences
Like "I am here" and "We are fine"
Carving out small corners of the sky for you and me

Let′s count up the days of our separate stories
Let them count against our separation
You said with conviction, "There must be time for us somewhere."
I quick-clicked off the stopwatch and led you into the trees

The future's here
And now it′s safe to settle
From under here
We'll block the city with our thumb
It took a year
But now there's room for anything
So many possibilities
Like weeks to spend on sentences
Like "We are here" and "spin the globe"
I did my best to make a little home
I did my best to make a little home
I did my best to make a little home
For you and me