Raiven turned around and looked at us as she stepped onto the roof
The weeping air in her sweaty hair blew behind your back and through
How many years across the grass where we walked I saw her there
Those days left something in my spirit
She looked across the neighborhood, her freckled feet stepped light
Upon the darkened shingles where the rain fell the last night
That afternoon has since been swallowed in seasons of endless days
My cousins left something in my spirit
Chorus:
The roof is gone
Left long ago
I couldn't find it if I drove forever
And in my heart
She is my own
Even if I never see her anymore
It's always there the grave yard with its swaying trees so high
In the center of the town where we've all lived our seperate lives
I was seven or eight and her hair was red as she stood by his sun-warmed grave
I wondered what she was thinking
And live my life with memories of her
(Chorus)
Chorus 2:
To live is to be gone
And leave everything
What is familiar about this strange place?
You'll never know
But you are my home
