Track Insight / Lyrics
I found a note in my coat
Folded twice, coffee stain
It said, “Take the long way home”
So I did in the rain
Your name sat by the door
Like a shoe I forgot
I laughed when the clerk said
“You seem like you need a lot”
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And I do, and I do
Need a little room to breathe
I keep chasing the noise
Till it circles back to me
Float, little paper boat
Carry me slow
Float, little paper boat
I let it go
Float, little paper boat
Over the flood
If I don’t know where I’m going
At least I know I’m loved
There’s a dent in my spoon
From the night we burned rice
And the sunflower on the sill
Still leans toward the light
I kept all your small things
In a blue shoebox lid
A red thread, a dead pen
And the key that never fit
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And I do, and I do
Need a little room to breathe
I keep chasing the noise
Till it circles back to me
Float, little paper boat
Carry me slow
Float, little paper boat
I let it go
Float, little paper boat
Over the flood
If I don’t know where I’m going
At least I know I’m loved
Maybe home is a hand
On the back of my neck
Maybe peace is a laundromat
At the end of the block
I don’t need every answer
Just a place to rest my coat
And a little blue river
For my little paper boat
Float, little paper boat
Carry me slow
Float, little paper boat
I let it go
Float, little paper boat
Over the flood
If I don’t know where I’m going
At least I know I’m loved