If Beauty Were My Bluebird

All of my actions

Seem to hurt

Somebody else

But I just shrug and say I don't know

Is there a beauty here

I can't see

That I might've felt

Or is it just another reason why I should go

Maybe my affections

Might delight

Somebody else

I just see bloodstains in the snow

Is there a heartbeat

In my body

That I might've felt

Or is it just another reason why I should go

You could call impatience

Just a card

That I was dealt

You could say a boat don't need to row

Is there some happiness

That was hidden that I could’ve felt

Or is it just another reason why I should go

Repeat:

If beauty were my bluebird

And I rode upon crystal mountains

Would I have shot it Lord and hung it round my neck?

Until the world missed its beauty and came looking for its dead