Petrichor Songtext
von Hovering Shrikes

I have placed this ruby against my lips
I will hold it here till one of us
Ever needs to speak again
And then I will swallow it
Edge by shining edge
The rain is slinking nearer now
To slicken every ledge

But brusque brevity
Beats incessant babbling
I truly, truly believe
Just don′t trust you'll see
Such sublimity from me
It′s like I need to speak to breathe


I was not a traveler by trade
You were dripping bits of sunshine
I was trying to maintain shade
We paddled to the middle of a lake
Got carried to its curvature on a wake
And on the bank
We drank something swizzled
Till it all evaporated
Till what's unsaid
Got elevated
To what's unstated

Now you say you′ll be away
For awhile
Isn′t that nice?
Oh, isn't that so your style?
If you′re wondering
I'll be wandering up and down
This tiny town
Single file

But brusque brevity
Beats incessant babbling
I truly, truly believe
Just don′t trust you'll see
Such sublimity from me
It′s like I need to speak to breathe


How high is the heat gonna have to climb?
The typhoon's counterclockwise and right on time
And I am here below you: all bones in your shadow
All mercy a faint vapor on your lip
The rain came and went, and the sun with it
But love like this will recrudesce again

So I have placed this ruby against my lips
And I will hold it here till one of us
Ever needs to speak again
It better be loud, better be a shout
'cause there′s no hearing from me now
It better be loud, better be a shout
The sweat rappelling down your brow
It better be loud, better be a shout
′cause when the rains return, the worms come out

When the rains return, the worms come out
When the rains return, the worms come out
When the rains return, the worms come out
Like words from your mouth