House By the Sea - Iron & Wine

There is a house by the sea

With jealous sisters, they’re waiting for me And one is laid on the floor

And one is changing the locks on the doors

I’ve been buying their time on my knees

And I’ve been selling their blankets to bk--

Around the house by the sea

The scent of roses and raspberry leaves

And there are smoke in my clothes

Too much time with just smoke in my nose

But I’ve been making the meaning they lack

And I’ve been burning that book they come back to There is a house by the sea

And an ocean between it and me And like the shape of a wave

The jealous sisters will sing on my grave

I’ve been learning to run where they live

And I’ve been dying to rise from their bed

And I’ve been sparing my neck from their chains

They’ve been chained in the sound of my name

And I’ve been swimming to them in my sleep

And I’ve been dreaming our love and our freedom