Jar of Rain

Verse 1

My sister keeps a lighthouse in her ribcage

She spins the beam by humming out of tune

When winter comes she folds it into her pocket

And every seagull follows her home

My father is a clock that never hurries

He ticks in rooms he hasn't entered yet

His hands are always warm from somewhere distant

He leaves the kettle on for ghosts he's met

Pre-Chorus

And I won't say the obvious

I'll just build them something odd

Chorus

You're a moon pulled out of a hat

You're a kettle that knows my name

I keep you in a jar of rain

I keep you I keep you the same

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Mm-hmm mm-hmm

Verse 2

My mother is a river wearing slippers

She floods the hallway when she's feeling kind

She taught me how to fold a storm in half

And store it where the good spoons hide

My brother is a telephone in orbit

He calls collect from somewhere soft and blue

I answer with a mouthful of feathers

He laughs like a drawer full of June

Pre-Chorus

And I won't say the obvious

I'll just hand them something strange

Chorus

You're a moon pulled out of a hat

You're a kettle that knows my name

I keep you in a jar of rain

I keep you I keep you the same

Bridge

I grew up in a house of gentle weather

Where nobody said it out loud

So I'll give you a comet in a paper bag

A pocket full of thunder

A bicycle made of clouds

Chorus

You're a moon pulled out of a hat

You're a kettle that knows my name

I keep you in a jar of rain

I keep you I keep you the same

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Mm-hmm mm-hmm

Chorus

You're a moon pulled out of a hat

You're a kettle that knows my name

I keep you in a jar of rain

I keep you I keep you the same

I keep you the same