Paper Boats

『Paper Boats』


I folded one from junk mail
On your mom’s blue table
You drew a crooked flag on it
With a marker from the drawer
We sent it in the gutter
Like a captain and a thief
It spun past broken bottle caps
And disappeared beneath


And I swear I saw it
Turn when you laughed
Tiny little rebel
Made a river out of scraps


Paper boats, paper boats
Keep on floating, keep on floating
Paper boats, paper boats
Even when the rain starts folding
Hold that line, hold that hope
We were young and didn't know
Paper boats, paper boats
Still go on, still go on


Now the sink is full of dishes
And your name sits on my phone
I pass that little corner
Where the maple tree had grown
There’s a dent in the sidewalk
From the bike you would not share
I step over it slowly
Like I’m meeting you right there


And I swear I hear it
That stamp on the page
Little paper kingdom
Learning how to drift away


Paper boats, paper boats
Keep on floating, keep on floating
Paper boats, paper boats
Even when the rain starts folding
Hold that line, hold that hope
We were young and didn't know
Paper boats, paper boats
Still go on, still go on


If the water takes us
If the current sings our names
We were never just the sinking
We were fire in the frame
Fold me up another
Let me carry what I can
One small boat against forever
One small hand in mine again


Paper boats, paper boats
Keep on floating, keep on floating
Paper boats, paper boats
Even when the rain starts folding
Hold that line, hold that hope
We were young and didn't know
Paper boats, paper boats
Still go on, still go on
Paper boats, paper boats
Still go on, still go on