Love is an Unraveling Bird's Nest - Charlie Parr

Let it rain, my house won’t collapse

Let the wind blow just as hard as it likes

We’ll hunker down and watch between the boughs

We’ll bend and sway with the storm

And in the morning we’ll see the sun

In the winter we’ll all be gone

I’ll fix the broken door when we come home

And gather up all the unraveled parts

And put them right again and sweep away the leaves

And all of the dying snow

All of the dying snow

Love’s an unraveling birds nest

Falling to straw upon the ground

And carried by the wind until

It’s scattered all around

Now, you might never notice it

But when it’s forever gone

Love’s an unraveling birds nest

Falling to straw upon the ground

When the fires come we’ll surrender and move on

We’ll gather our branches in another town

And find our place in the highest part

And to our new neighbors we’ll nod and shake

And borrow and share and give away

It’ll all come back to us one day

If the seasons come to an end

Can you even imagine that?

When the wheel won’t turn again

That’s when we’ll be still

Our love is a bird nest on the ground

Unraveling and soaking wet and stepped on

We’ll put it in a high tree that sways

And all the broken parts will be replaced

So we can look through the boughs for all our days

And watch the wheel turn

Watch the wheel turn