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It's About More Than That

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There was a girl with fingers like bird bones Who's eyelashes made my heart beat in time With her legs running round in big circles With the dark circles under her eyes So I made her a nest in the crook of my neck And I just wanted her to be mine She'd flutter her wings as I'm watching She would catch every other big breeze But the girl was as light as her feathers, her feathers as blue as the sea uh-oh She flew away from me I watched fly far away from my rowboat Just struggling to stay afloat Took in a big breath And she grimaced and said, "I said I told you so" Uh-oh "I said I told you so" There's a girl I meet on the savannah I was trying to capture a tree We traded ours names I said "I like your mane" And we both said we liked the light breeze Uh-oh We both said we like the light breeze Her coat was like gold long flora Her smile would twinkle my eyes I gave her a pat then kept stroking her back Just as soft as the clouds in the sky Uh oh Just as soft as the clouds in the sky She said, "Oh, let's find out what's next" So I buried my face where her chin meets her neck And the air filled my lungs like the cleanest I'd breathed Smelled like snow, like clean clothes and pumpkin-spiced tea, like the roses I got her while she was asleep And it filled up all the pockets in me Everyone breathe in Sometimes I'm surprised by the look in her eyes Like she likes what she sees even though she's inside But I'm always amazed when I see what she's kept Cause this isn't about who you keep as your pets No, this isn't about having pets I'm not sure who I am or with whom I will live The free spirit animal's appropriative I've kissed tigers and sharks and I once had a rabbit But I think y'all are more than my metaphors, oh I'll smile at her and we'll roar