The Meteorite EP Lyrics
Carlotta
The trees are full of April blossoms
I spotted opossums coming back from the dead
Winter has gone, but it didn’t go quiet
Addled our brains, knocked some teeth from our heads
But with birdsong sweet and the green in the holler
The children grown taller, and this wind at our backs
We might have still learned to give thanks for each other
That might have made up for the rest we lacked
Where have you gone this time, Carlotta?
South to the sun or east to the sea
What did you need this time, Carlotta?
That you couldn’t find in your babies and me
Did you take off your wedding band? Stick out your thumb
I can see you on a lonesome road with your long, brown hair undone
Were you hoping for a ride? Were you hoping for whatever this wasn’t?
You hope against hope long enough, dear, and it’s hard to be satisfied
Where have you gone this time, Carlotta?
South to the sun or east to the sea
What did you need this time, Carlotta?
That you couldn’t find in your babies and me
There’s talk of a fire sweeping over the hills
Swallowing snakes and whippoorwills, the oak and the trumpet vine
And if rain don’t come, or some angel of god’s last-minute mercies
The ash in the air will be me and your daughters by suppertime
I have set my face, I’ve dug in my heels
Whatever flames lay waste, flames reveal
Over all the noise I can hear a choir
The curtains caught fire
Where have you gone this time, Carlotta?
South to the sun or east to the sea
What did you need this time, Carlotta?
That you couldn’t find in your babies and me