Blue Feather Day

Lyrics

[Verse 1] At eight, he sat alone With paper on the floor A blue feather in his head He drew it by the score Every day he made it Careful as a prayer Little lines of blue Like hope hung in the air [Pre-Chorus] Years rolled by like gravel Boots and folding maps He carried that small feather Hidden in the past He never said it out loud But he kept that one dream Something in the distance Something he had seen [Chorus] Blue feather, blue feather I waited my whole life Blue feather, blue feather And there you were tonight Some dreams don't rush Some dreams arrive Blue feather, blue feather You found me in time [Verse 2] He wore the weight of duty Decades on his back One last day, one last hallway One last glance at track He turned the office handle Quiet as a breath Closed room, no open window No bird, no easy path [Pre-Chorus] Then on the desk in sunlight Resting like a sign One single blue feather Landed there in time His hands began to shake there His eyes gave way to tears All those years of drawing Stood right in front of him here [Chorus] Blue feather, blue feather I waited my whole life Blue feather, blue feather And there you were tonight Some dreams don't rush Some dreams arrive Blue feather, blue feather You found me in time [Bridge] He laughed through every heartbeat Then bowed his head To the boy who kept on hoping To the man he had become instead No grand parade, no thunder Just that quiet proof The world had kept a promise He never knew [Final Chorus] Blue feather, blue feather I waited my whole life Blue feather, blue feather And there you were tonight Some dreams don't rush Some dreams arrive Blue feather, blue feather You found me in time Blue feather, blue feather Right on the last day Blue feather, blue feather You came his way