Bones

2020 - Music by Rook - Video by James Larson
Lyrics by: James Larson
dinosaur bones in a backyard in Arkansas, five smooth stones in a river that no one saw, teenagers kiss on an old covered bridge and I wonder where my brother’s gone

find shark teeth on beach down in Florida, a student abroad whistles “sic transit gloria,” a tree all alone, and no trail that leads out that far and I wonder where my brothers are

it’s hard to quantify shooting stars without eyes, summer wind without skin, trees falling with no alibi, all the tiny little moments that will go unseen, by all the shiny flickin’ eyes just gettin’ lost in a dream, at what cost have we lost something that we would never have seen?

i wonder at the wonders that the world will never see, because we’re sleeping, and they’re buried, and we hardly try it seems. maybe someday it won't all be as abstract as my dream and i wonder if my brothers saw them somewhere without me

what do we know? we haven’t dug up all the bones

an arrow finds its mark with just the archer to bare witness, some distant star explodes that no one even knew existed, all the private smiles from all the secret victories, and i wonder what my brothers have seen