arsonist in the sky

Intro

Ooh, ahh

Look up, look up

Verse 1

It was the middle of November when we finally went back

We turned the heat on and waited till it smelt like burning rats

A giant white whale swims right over the pine

He's moving so slow, and I think he is mine

The grass is an ocean of whispering green

Grew up with an arsonist wannabe

Verse 2

When he was ten,

he built a gas chamber for a class full of Barbies

If you are quiet, they’ll play here for you

The wind gives a push and the shapes start to race

They'd never seen a hotter flame

Chorus

Oh, the animals in the sky

Floating above as the breezes blow by

And it smells like the heater

Burning debris and rotting mice

The wind's origami, folded from white

Laughter and screams and tears in my eyes

It smells like the heater, and I'm finally alive

Verse 3

A puff-cheeked bear has a rabbit to chase

And paints the grass golden,

oh, isn't it fun?

Ten years later, he has evolved

Finds dumpster furniture flammable

Verse 4

The spring after we broke up

My parents' cabin burnt down

The whale sinks away in the lavender mist

They’ll be back tomorrow, right after the dawn.

Chorus

Oh, the animals in the sky

Floating above as the breezes blow by

And it smells like the heater

Burning debris and rotting mice

The wind's origami, folded from white

Laughter and screams and tears in my eyes

It smells like the heater, and I'm finally alive

Bridge

But you cannot hold them, they slip through your hands

They melt and they morph as they drift to new lands

And you confessed you knew it was him

How could you not tell me

after all these years?

You said it was harmless

A sky full of giants that sleepily twist

How do you not realize every man is an arsonist?

Outro

Goodbye, cloudy whale

Goodbye, dizzy dog

The magic is hiding, but never quite gone

Ooh... ahh...

Sleep now, sky friends...