Backwards and Blindfolded - Heather Maloney

The fireflies rise in the backyard

As we watch every sun disappear, we can hear every cricket for miles

How many times I’ve looked out that window

With my hands in a warm soapy sink and I’m thinking of what lies ahead

Backwards and blindfolded

I will always know the way

Backwards and blindfolded

I will always find the way

The juniper you brought back from the desert

That year that you traveled alone just for a new point of view

It’s growing wild along the walkway

Oh and the day that you planted it there was the first day I felt I was home

Backwards and blindfolded

I will always know the way

Backwards and blindfolded

I will always find the way

And the ground moves under our feet

But the same moon hangs over me

It’s the one thing I know you can see tonight

And the ground moves under our feet

But the same moon hangs over me

It’s the one thing I know you can see when I can’t see you

I’m looking down from another airplane

And all of the lights of the city at night look like fireflies

I miss the sound, the sound of your breathing

Oh and that sigh that you sigh every time you let go of another day

Backwards and blindfolded

I will always know the way

Backwards and blindfolded

I will always find the way

And the ground moves under our feet

But the same moon hangs over me

It’s the one thing I know you can see tonight

And the ground moves under our feet

But the same moon hangs over me

It’s the one thing I know you can see when I can’t see you

The ground moves under my feet

But the same moon hangs over me

It’s the one thing I know you can see when I can’t see you