Bloodflow - Calexico

Her eyes are closed now

That final breath is near

She lets go of my hand

And I fall into

A sea of tears

In search for the trail

That we were both riding

Lost sometime ago

Now I’m stranded on the mountain’s edge

And there’s only one way back

Down and down I go

Into the ground where the bad seeds are sown

And take route and pull me further in

Long and long and longer it takes

Good luck’s gone and there’s no more breaks

Just the ground beneath

That shakes and gives way

Swallowed up home

There ain’t much now I can pull

No stuntman surprises

Or Houdini-like disguises

For death defying escape

Avoid the tap on the shoulder

From that one with a long black cape

Just to see those eyes of her shine

Is worth any sum or length of time

That would fill that space where her love once flowed

But the more I resist

The further and further I drift

Get swept out in the riptide

Where a part of me wants

To lie 'neath the ways of sorrow and tears

Sink to the bottom and linger there the rest of my years

Walk among the mild sea of bones

Of my fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers

Feel their blood flowing away

Send the soul it’s way