and I rushed it to your heart
With a sure hand you nursed it
and bathed it in rose -tinted wa ters
And you said I could drop by
to check on its health when I liked
You swore blindly to love it,
you drew it to your breast, it bleeded
And with that said and done,
and I fell against your door
Come in, take some comfort
And you said I could sit by the warm fire
On the table, right there in a basket
And with that said and done
An d with springs and thaw
Our young heart found its form
Eyes, nose, tail, and paws
Our squirrel child is born
Round a bend from this place
where we first lost our faith
With a love split three ways
and a family born of the earth
Through dense cropland for lost days
and feared nights on end now we wander
I feel conflicted, this is my life
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