Red Phone, Blue Wren

Backstory

A song about brotherly love. Inspired by the book “Boy Swallows Universe” (worth a read!) and by my relationship with my own brothers.

Lyrics

Let the hose run at night in the gutter
Water pooled on the asphalt there brother
In the silent reflection in the street
We saw the moon shine beneath our feet

We were young, and that moon shone bright
We had starships in our eyes
We ached to escape in the night
And disappear into that upside-down sky

That red secret time traveler's phone
I am calling you so long ago
Saying all things in time will mend
All things in time make sense

Early heartbreak, heavy toll
Darkness came to take us whole
Recurring dream in the pool of black
Just like us came swimming back

Wrote with my finger in the air
While your lucky one got lost somewhere
Everything will come back around
Brother, That which is lost will be found

That red secret time traveler's phone
I am calling you so long ago
Saying all things in time will mend
All things in time make sense

Let's go back to the start, straight to the end
To the back of the car, to the bird in the hand
It's a matter of time, and the present is tense
When the future is past, it's all making sense

Back to the start, straight to the end
Back to the heart of the matter at hand
Slim's at the wall, and he's speaking the truth
You must do your time before it does you

That red secret time traveler's phone
I am calling you so long ago
Sayin' all things in time will mend
Brother, all things in time make sense