Sweet summer candy
Fruit we plunder from the shoulder
Shared between
Me and mine
In a dream
I had a child with an energy
Had me believing what I told her
Sheridan see
When I start cryin’
Before her beam
It’s ‘cause the Space stopped wishing
For the dead stars to linger past their time
It let them go
And I found you in a box of cereal
Peace on a mountain
Keeping me from getting older
I could breathe
Life into this mine
Diamonds at our feet
Splashing around in the fountain
Now the water’s pouring out in color
I could sing
Just because you’re alive
My happiness is free
I watched the desert become the sea
And the canyons begin to coralize
It rocked my boat
And I saw you in the eyes of an animal
I built you a castle when they broke your throne
And we spent the whole night residing high
Munching moonpies and fighting the furniture
Our kingdom rose
And I held you in the verse of a parable
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