The Angel Building Legos

Verse 1 An angel building Legos under fluorescent light Page twenty-seven page twenty-eight page twenty-nine Pieces click together with the urgency of winter Boy never looks up Boy never misses Boy never sweats Verse 2 Dad plays guitar like sweeping dust From the dance-hall floor Chords are old wood Chords are smoke Chords moan like barbwire Tryin’ to be human Chorus But nobody bleeds in that voice Nobody breaks Nobody stumbles in drunk And breathless at 3 AM The notes are spotless The notes are clean The notes are exactly what scares me Verse 3 I searched his voice for rust Found none Searched his throat for gravel Found none Only pure white light Stacked seamlessly Like bricks In a city no one dies in Chorus Nobody bleeds in this song Nobody shakes The angels of perfect posture The angels of no mistakes I’m standing here with a crooked heart wondering if heaven is a little too far Bridge Maybe beauty ain’t beautiful ‘til it falls Maybe every cathedral needs some broken walls Maybe God keeps a drawer of missing pieces just to keep us interested Outro The angel keeps building The angel keeps singing And somewhere beyond the lens a small crack opens inside perfection