heaven Songtext
von Jesse the Tree

Check the rear view for an entity
A billion lifetimes in a third of a century

Fragile brick of chemistry, alone and all at once
I am the oil in the water boiling underneath the sun
Every day a little closer
Closer to what

Gravel underneath my nails
Embers wilting in my lungs
Spit the ashes from my tongue and stomp them out like they looked at me wrong
I′m wide open

Throw me the rock
That ain't ice in his veins
It′s a shadow where the blood stopped
Sparrow in the glove box

Sing as if it opens the lock
Let me in
Let me out
Let me cross


Ugly arrow in it's heart weeps
Scared of the dark
I'm hearing voices
Sounds as if it′s coming from the yard

I′m on empty
Staring out this window like a god
Is he merciful or not
Will he ever intervene

Does he laugh as he shuffles through his fist of figurines

Lovely view of heaven
But I'd rather be with you
It′s a lovely view of heaven

But I'd rather be with you
It′s a lovely view of heaven
But I'd rather be with you
It′s a lovely view of heaven

But I'd rather be with you
It's a lovely view of heaven
But I′d rather be with you
But I′d rather be with you


Held her while she shook
Fractured lyrics from a dozen different songs
Cold sweat filled the rivers in my palm
I've been having all these dreams

Where I know there′s something off
Like the angle of the sun
Or the paintings on the wall
A cigarette that lit itself

A dog barking from afar
There's a woman walking slowly through a fissure in the smog
Humming something in between a muddled whisper and a psalm
Dry roses in her hair

A wounded dove in cradled arms
She was calm
She was loving
She was visibly withdrawn

Then she drifted into nothing
Raining crystals on the floor
Started searching for her form
Amidst the now and the beyond

Went from pacing by myself
To tires screeching in the car
She was gone
Needle bounced between the minutes on the clock

Then it stopped
Slowly reached into the pit inside my heart
An incision
Something written

Peeled the stitches
Felt the scar
Read it with my eyes missing
All it said was you belong

It′s a lovely view of heaven
But I'd rather be with you
It′s a lovely view of heaven
But I'd rather be with you

It's a lovely view of heaven
But I′d rather be with you
It′s a lovely view of heaven
But I'd rather be with you

It′s a lovely view of heaven
But I'd rather be with you
It′s a lovely view of heaven
But I'd rather be with you

It′s a lovely view of heaven
But I'd rather be with you
It's a lovely view of heaven
But I′d rather be with you

It′s a lovely view of heaven
But I'd rather be with you
It′s a lovely view of heaven
But I'd rather be with you