Red Seal

Lyrics: BAGMAN Music: BAGMAN 【未经Copyright人许可不得翻唱翻录或使用】 A red seal on a folded letter Small sun pressed into the white I broke it once with shaking fingers And it changed the rest of life Your words were calm as temple water Mine were wild and full of smoke You said love should not be captured I read leave and nearly choked Now I keep the torn red paper In a drawer beneath my shirts Some old marks do not fade softer They just learn a quieter hurt Red seal, red seal You closed what I could not A circle made of farewell A wound that learned to clot Red seal, red seal Bright as blood and wax I can send my heart across the world But I cannot call it back There are stamps from foreign airports There are coins from colder towns There are maps I marked in pencil Where I tried to live it down Still the seal returns in dreaming Still the red becomes a door Still I see your careful writing Saying love deserves no war Maybe you were being gentle Maybe I was being young Maybe every true departure Needs a language like a drum Red seal, red seal You closed what I could not A circle made of farewell A wound that learned to clot Red seal, red seal Let the old permission stand She was never mine to capture I was never made of land