Bright Idea

I went to write about death

Then the light on your chest

Through the window, on the bed

Where we are sleeping in because we can

But a ghost shifts beneath the sheets

Goodbye my bright idea

You sure shone as if you'd appear

As I let you go I hope you know

I did all I could to keep you bright idea

So with this love left to spare

I put flowers in the hair

Of a little friend of a friend

But if I get tired, I'll leave 'cos I can

With a ghost dancing in the daisies

Goodbye my bright idea

You sure shone as if you'd appear

As I let you go I hope you know

I did all I could to keep you bright idea

You are the tale I will untell myself

When I rewrite the words

When I recast the spell

And I'll miss you like a thought on which I could dwell

Fade from me well

I meant to write about loss

Then a song broke my thought

It was Ophelia by The Band

We play it loud because we can

With a ghost singing by the speaker

Goodbye my bright idea

You sure shone as if you'd appear

As I let you go I hope you know

I did all I could to keep you

Goodbye my bright idea

You sure shone as if you'd appear

As I let you go I hope you know

I did all I could to keep you bright idea