oh love when i get lonesome i m gonna call you up into my world when waters rise up i do my best to keep my home floating upon your chest oh love when i get lonesome i m gonna grow you up like you deserve you ll be a big tree branching around me i ll be your baby cradle me safely come on and hold me like i m your girl and i ll hold you like i m your girl in this the ending of the world after the gold rush shook off the gold dust after we d taken more than god had meant for us we dammed up plenty but still felt empty the land was rich but we left it poor i ve spent a fine sum but i will share i know you re thirsty and unprepared when i wet my lips with love you ll feel me there but then i ll run from you cause i m scared and i ve trained myself to run this way i ve trained myself to fly and i ve dragged you all this way without an understanding why and i m holding on to nothing oh i know that hurts your pride i just thought i could keep you from the loss of having to say goodbye but there s nothing ever saving us from that we re gonna die no there s nothing ever saving us from that we re gonna die come see my wide eyes behold my wild mind i love you leave you here by my blindside but when 14 feet came on a flood tide i still tried to keep us up to hold us high and i never meant to put you down but this disaster that came through the town rose up the sea and tunnels drowned my boats broke free and battered you round but if you hold me like i m your girl i ll still hold you like i m your girl in this the ending of the world in this the ending of the world