Indigo Pattern

[Verse 1]
Saw a painted bunting on the porch rail at dawn
All that blue and that green singing somebody's gone
Same one grandma saw the week her letters stopped coming
Felt the heat on my hands, knew the same hum was humming

[Pre-Chorus]
And I tried to un-see it, tried to wash it all out
Tried to re-weave the story you were telling me about

[Chorus]
But it's the indigo pattern, the love in my blood
Unravels so pretty in the Savannah mud
It’s the indigo pattern, a beautiful lie
That I get to hold while I’m telling you goodbye

[Verse 2]
Last July, you were tracing the salt on my skin
Down by the Battery, you swore you'd let me all in
Said my quiet was a language you were learning to speak
Now your shirts in my closet just smell like this week

[Pre-Chorus]
And I try to remember the shape of your mouth
But that bird on the railing is pointing me south

[Chorus]
'Cause it's the indigo pattern, the love in my blood
Unravels so pretty in the Savannah mud
It’s the indigo pattern, a beautiful lie
That I get to hold while I’m telling you goodbye

[Bridge]
"Some threads," she'd say, "are just meant to be cut clean."
Maybe my own two hands made a mess of this scene
Maybe it's easier to blame the sky
Than the way that I shutter when you look in my eye

[Outro]
There's the bunting again...
Singing somebody's gone.