"This is not about pets"
G, D7 -- F, ~Dm7, C

There was a girl with fingers like bird bones
whose eyelashes made my heart beat in time with her
legs running round in big circles, with the dark circles under her eyes
And I built her a nest in the crook of my neck and I just wanted her to be mine.
She would flutter her wings as I'm watching
She would catch every other big breeze
But the girl was as light as her feathers
Her feathers as blue as the sea oh oh
She flew away from me.
I watched her fly far away from my rowboat, just struggling to stay afloat,
Took in a big breath and I grimaced and said I said I told you so oh oh
I said I told you so.
There was a girl I met on the savannah, I was trying to capture a tree,
We traded our names I said I like your mane and we both said we liked the light breeze
oh we both said we liked the light breeze
Her coat was like gold longiflora, her smile would twinkle my eyes
I gave her a pat then kept stroking her back just as soft as the clouds in the sky oh oh
as soft as the clouds in the sky
she said hey, let's find out what's next
so I buried my face where her chin meets her neck
and the air filled my lungs like the cleanest I'd breathed
smelled like hay, like clean clothes and pumpkin spice tea
like those roses I got her while she was asleep and
it filled up all the pockets in me
everyone breathe in
Sometimes I'm surprised by the look in her eyes
like she likes what she sees even though she's inside and
I'm always amazed when I see what she's kept
Cause this isn't about who you keep as your pets
oh this isn't about having pets.
I'm not sure what I am or with whom I will live
The phrase spirit animal's appropriative
I've kissed tigers and sharks and I once had a rabbit but
I think y'all are more than my metaphor, but
I'll smile at her and we'll roar.