Josephine Knots - Thea Gilmore

Tie the rope tight boys tie the rope tight

Lift up your eyes and draw down the night

This chain stretches long in steel and blue

In Josephine Knots from me to you

There’s a harlequin moon the sky’s heavy with rain

The touch of a hand the sound of a name

This thread runs the branches of every oak tree

In Josephine Knots from you to me

From the firstborn cry to the last whispered breath

I was here at the birth I’ll be here at the death

In the eyes you remembered and the smile you forgot

We are bound tightly with Josephine Knots

So give me your hand boys at least just for now

I will hold you as long as time will allow

And when fingers slip and ribbons untie

Just look for those Josephine Knots in the sky

Just look for those Josephine Knots in the sky