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Butterfly Bay

from The Devil Tree EP by Fossil

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lyrics

sat out on butterfly bay
waiting out the rain
put my daddy's jack-knife in the sand
drew a heart around melissa's name
i still think of her every day

it seems like a million years ago when we'd build fires in that sand
i held her hand
the cassette in the tape deck playing i'm your man
smoked till our lungs were sore
blew halos off to those lost souls from the muddy shore
that was it
all i needed
her
life
nothing more

but god had other things in store
and u can't stop whats comin
some nights just cut ya to the core

melissa's mom got sick after her brother matty came back from the war
her mom died that autumn
melissa found her on the kitchen floor
her eyes still open
a note that read: i prayed for so much more

i found melissa and matty that night
outside that high street tavern
she said u cant understand
and you'll never know what it is to be man
i reached for her hand
matty held me back
said u got nothing unless u can bring back the past

i looked him
in the eye
melissa said he watched his best friend die
held him there in the dirt
no words for that kinda hurt

i could curse god
curse my whole lot
but if you don't move on
you'll just be left to rot

so i took a job at my uncle's shop
past melissa's house every day
my mom told me things would be ok
you lose something
but tomorrow's a new day
mom said when i was a little
she'd take me to butterfly bay
we'd build castles out of clay
she said you'll be king of the world one day

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from The Devil Tree EP, released July 7, 2013
words and voice by fossil
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