Lilacs from Atmosphere by Alexa Rose
Tracklist
| 3. | Lilacs | 4:10 |
Lyrics
These winding roads sing out like old hymns / and I’ve no gift for harmony / still every turn is in my fingers / the words are coming back to me / I’ve heard it told my mother’s mother / walked barefoot here for routine fills / a pint of milk, a pail of water / that same magenta on the hills / she sends me lilacs in the spring of the year / it’s all long gone and it’s all right here / I used to think we owned this mountain / it only blinks an eye at us / beneath these wheels just miles of blacktop / where heavy horses kicked up dust / when someone else graces our table / and when our blood runs river cold / our love lives on in March and April / the seeds we planted still unfold / I’ll send you lilacs in the spring of the year / it’s all long gone and it’s all right here / well that old house has turned to ashes / and all the fields are overgrown / along the fence, a brightness clashes / with all the dark this holler’s known / it seems to say I know your story / the ones before and those ahead / how many souls have come before me / to place her flowers by the bed / how sweet, those whispers of the past in my ear / they’re all long gone and they’re all right here
