For Joe

[Piano intro]

[Verse 1]
It's hard to take off from the ground when your wings are cut
Your stomach burns when you're drinking from an empty cup
You know the entire ocean came from my tear ducts
I see the world through Fibonacci sequences and Double Dutch
I guess there’s some that’s born lucky and there’s some that’s not
I tried to cut away my bitterness - hatchet job
I locked my youth in a trunk inside a pick up truck
Then dumped the whole thing over the same bridge the one you jumped

[Verse 2]
I think about that sometimes, vividly
What it felt like to look down and see tranquility
One sudden movement in a world of possibility
Only one movement to expose our fragility
I fucking miss you, and I miss myself
I miss thinking that were indestructible as hell
I miss chilling by the pier cave and kicking back
With Callum, Hugo, Justin, Saga, Stevie, and the fuckin' lads
I miss missing that, I numbed myself to close the gap
I never even call 'em up, the distance is my plaster cast
To tell the truth, the day you jumped my childhood jumped too
But I still can’t find the anger, all I find is missing you
Man, I miss you, with all my rhymes
I picture running 5 minutes quicker, I'm right on time
I picture pulling you back over the edge and then we're crying
And holding you, my brother, and telling you that it's fine
That’s not the way that it worked, I was late like a jerk
There's not a day I didn’t find a way to break from the hurt
Your body missing so we never got to wave to the hearse
I hope you're listening, I love you, man, I miss you absurd, fuck

[Bridge]
Burn, burn, burn on
Burn, burn, burn

[Verse 3]
Another domino it falls across the way another’s born
How you supposed to raise a child and give it courage from a storm?
In a world that is confusing, contradictions pave our floors
Some will say, "we're only human", others judge us for a flaws
Some get born in sheets of satin, some get by in tattered clothes
Some will die before they live, that's just how the story goes
But for those of us still with us who reside inside our hearts
Tell them proudly how you feel, and for those of us who aren't

[Verse 4]
Freckled angels stand strong
Freckled angels live on
Freckled angels climb higher
Freckled angels still inspire
Freckled angels won't forget you
Teach me to live my life better
Thirteen years and still I miss you
Now my wings are missing feather
Otherwise, I'd come and join you
But for now, I'm here on Earth
Stuck inside this mortal body
But for everything it's worth
Made me braver, made me wiser
Made me strong, made me true
Made me face the world with courage
And that's all because of you

[Chorus]
Freckled angels laugh the hardest
And their hearts they are the largest
With their wings they fly the farthest
So I know you’re gonna be okay

Freckled angels live the longest
And their minds they are the strongest
Oh their friends they are the fondest
So I know you’re going to be okay