miss bottom of the hill

Iron & Wine

So miss bottom of the hill what do you want?
The Sun is shinin
And your lovers always lose you in the dark
And they were all chosen to remember
How the sparrows hit the window
That you closed to keep the cat out in the yard

And like your body bein dragged behind the Moon
You bring a memory of your mother
Like the money in your shoe
And how her penetratin wisdom, her bulletproof religion
Always rip you like a wool off of the loom
You floated farther than you ever meant to go
And only now see you are naked
When the wind began to blow
There s no advice that you ve been missin
No trespass unforgiven
Just a river with no pity for your boat

I ve come to know
That I was stealin all your kisses on the evenin
The dogs were loose and lyin on the street
You ve learned to blend into the choir
How to hold your hand in fire
And what to say instead of what you mean
But the trouble it saves for just how hard it can be

You met the women gluin jewels onto a crown
You know men hidin in the city
And their way of bein found
And you got nothin on your shoulders
Still there s nothin too much colder
Than a rubble of a house that s fallin down

Like a baby cryin till it falls asleep
The autumn s over by the time
you count the color of the leaves
You re paintin buzzards on the ceilin
Fallin faithless at the healin
With your friends around you wailin on their knees

And I ve come to know
That I was stealin all your kisses on the evenin
The fog had swallowed everything but us
You ve learned to balance on the cable
Drink us all under the table
And who to try instead of who you trust
With a hand on your heart that threw you under the bus

So, miss bottom of the hill, what do you want?
The Sun is shinin , and you cleaned
your pretty pistol of a heart
But when you talk about tomorrow
When to beg and when to borrow
Is how to hit the ground before you hear the shot

And like a fish too deep and driftin in the sea
You ve grown accustomed
To the blindness lookin up and anxiously
But there s a stone inside your pocket
While you re plowin through the market
But you know even the time it takes ain t free

I ve come to know
That I was stealin all your kisses on the evenin
The stars were barely hangin in the sky
You ve learned to eat when you re not hungry
How to laugh when nothin s funny
And what to get instead of gettin by
But oh, how it changes with the passin of time

You heard so many voices hidden in the wind
See all the children of the world
And how its fingers reach for them
Two branches tired of their bendin
I don t see our story endin
Quite as clean as it was easy to begin

Like a hole that let the fox under the fence
You ve got no solace
And no sanctuary you can recommend
Beggin for mercy at the bedside
We got frozen in the headlights
But our kind of mercy never made much sense

I ve come to know
That I was stealin all your kisses on the evenin
But both were disappearin in the waves
You ve learned to lead the one you follow
How to spit out what you swallow
And when to hand instead of give away
That secret of ours is one I ll take to the grave

So miss bottom of the hill what do you want?
The Sun is shinin
And I think you want me more often than not
But like your father in the garden
I won t finish what I started
Till you bill me for the flowers I forgot

And like a curse too old for anyone to care
You said to meet you on the mountain
Cause you never make it there
And sucked your thumb along the highway
Proudly promisin that one day
I d miss the way we tumbled down the stairs

And I ve come to know
That I was stealin all your kisses on the evenin
The car was gently glidin off the road
You ve learned to rise above your body
How to never say you re sorry
And where to go instead of going home
With the light by the bed and all the clothes
you ve outgrown