Lyrics
[Verse 1] You keep a paper kingdom Folded in your coat Every little doorway Leads to a paper boat I found one by the window With your careful crooked line Saying, “Meet me where the small things Learn to change their minds” [Chorus] So we follow the sparrow Past the garden wall Two quiet conspirators Listening for the fall Of a seed into the soil Of a coin into a well You don’t have to name the future I can tell [Verse 2] A tailor on the corner Pins the afternoon Onto a faded jacket Beneath a silver moon You laugh at my directions I point north, you point away Some roads are only useful For the stories that they make [Chorus] So we follow the sparrow Past the garden wall Two quiet conspirators Listening for the fall Of a seed into the soil Of a coin into a well You don’t have to name the future I can tell [Bridge] If the paper kingdom Sails beyond the shore Leave a little window Open in the door I’ll bring the map unfinished You bring the thread of blue And every folded ending Can unfold with you [Outro] You keep a paper kingdom I keep one line in view Where the small things change their minds And I find my way to you
