Mothers and Fathers

We found that everything we know Was counting that the ground moves passionate and slow We sung a couple honest parables of promise Hearing words we all missed That change how they all go We chose a direction and we ran We saw a way to bargain with everything we had We sung a broken series of metaphors and theories Screaming, "Can you hear these? Tell us we're not mad" Then the thunder and water was making us shout "Guess we're mothers and fathers, we'll figure it out" Stay in bed a bit more, we ain't found some new shore We froze in place like it was true We knew the world had just changed, but nothing on it moved We sung our favorite questions that felt more like confessions Dodging all the lessons that we already knew We fought the weather and the stars We threatened every fortune that wasn't in the cards We sung about our gravestones, crossing different timezones People in our old phones, and not caring where they are Then the thunder and water was making us shout "Guess we're mothers and fathers, we'll figure it out" Stay in bed a bit more, we ain't found some new shore And I, oh, I'm trusting in an ancient thing And I, I gotta be fine holding on a single string Tied to everything Tied to everything We'll mourn for everything we know We'll wonder if the sky moves passionate and slow We'll sing a song of leaving, laughing while we're grieving Happy to be breathing, and certain that we'll grow Then the thunder and water will make us all shout "Guess we're mothers and fathers, we'll figure it out" Stay in bed a bit more, we ain't found some new shore Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no