Lyrics

the power lines are sparking under broken pecans
the muted door knocking of the fireworks
I have come looking for you
though I know where you are

this house ain’t who I left it with
your bed is gone with you in it
and I have been talking to you
cause I know where you are

just outside
just outside the city limits
you’re buried in the fields you played in

the bugs are crawling where the babies were born
your veins have taken root
and I have stopped counting the times
that I dream about you

waking up
waking up and forgetting
that you’re not in your body

it’s Independence Day
it’s Independence Day mom
now you don’t have to be anyone

the lemon oil that you rubbed in your hands
smiling through the pain you always had
and I have seen your eyes in a child
and everywhere else

sparkling through
sparkling through the darkness

on Independence Day
it’s Independence Day mom
now you don’t have to be anyone