Seven Plates

Verse 1

Seven plates on the table Six of them with birds One of them with a crack Running through the heron's neck

Pre-Chorus

The rooster watches Jonah The sparrow watches Frankie The heron watches nothing The crack watches the light

Chorus

Thank you for the table Thank you for the chairs Thank you for the bodies In the chairs tonight Thank you for the dog Under the table who does not know What time it is And does not care

Verse 2

Riley's phone face-down Glowing through the carpet Frankie on her knees Eating what she doesn't like Because she hasn't learned That preference is a right

Pre-Chorus

The rooster watches Jonah The sparrow watches Frankie The heron watches nothing The crack watches the light

Chorus

Thank you for the table Thank you for the chairs Thank you for the bodies In the chairs tonight Thank you for the dog Under the table who does not know What time it is And does not care

Bridge

The man who drew the birds Found them in a printer's shop Packed between the porcelain Like letters in a envelope He looked at them and needed Not wanted but needed And the birds became French And the birds became kitchen And the birds became ours

Verse 3

After dinner I wash them by hand The warm water the cloth The crack in the heron's neck My thumb finds it every time Like checking a wound That hasn't closed

Outro

Good morning, chicken Mallory says to the rooster And closes the cabinet And the rooster waits In the dark for evening The only job it has And it does it well Thank you Thank you Every day Thank you