The way this song speaks to me🥺🥺when I sing it I feel like I relate
In the middle of summer
When the darling sun
Light the blue sky arose
At first it was no more than
A trouble then
But up here when the ??
???
Savor in a box
And after dark
I'm not upside down
It was a cry of color
From everyone
Who sold there heart for gold
Did now
Drop a raft on the ground
She floated
Drop a raft on the ground
She floated
Savor in a box
And after dark
I'm not upside down
When the darling sun
Light the blue sky arose
At first it was no more than
A trouble then
But up here when the ??
???
Savor in a box
And after dark
I'm not upside down
It was a cry of color
From everyone
Who sold there heart for gold
Did now
Drop a raft on the ground
She floated
Drop a raft on the ground
She floated
Savor in a box
And after dark
I'm not upside down
Lyrics submitted by enjoyyourroots
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okay, well, i'm just as lost as you are here... but, i have a few suggestions...<br /> <br /> second verse, third line, instead of "but up here when the ??", i hear "but upheaval and afterward"<br /> <br /> instead of "it was a cry of color from everyone," i hear "it was a cry of horror <br /> from everyone"<br /> <br /> i don't hear "drop a raft on the ground," but, instead, "drop a crack on the ground"<br /> <br /> those are the only things i'm semi-sure of. there are a lot of other minor things, but i'm really very uncertain about most of it. <br /> <br /> at first, i thought he was saying "dawning sun," rather than "darling sun," and "like a blue sky arose," instead of "light the blue sky arose"... but idk, none of this makes any sense. <br /> <br /> also, i don't think he's saying "AND after dark," but i'm not sure what he says rather than AND... it could be "outside after dark"... but i doubt that, too. <br /> <br /> this was very little help, i know... but, it's such a great song, nonetheless! :)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />