Headless Relatives - Basil Lyrics

The sun has barely started rising
When we walk through the door
Only empty rooms to greet us
We couldn't ask for more

We make our preparations
Coffee steaming in our cups
You push your hair back with a headband
And I roll my shirt sleeves up

You pull the leaves out from your bag
The sweet aroma fills the room
Make the mixture in a glass bowl
The ritual is starting soon

We watch the hardwoods gleaming
As we scrub on our knees
And as the sun rises higher
We watch the shadows flee

There was a time when others lived here
But that past is washed away
This house belongs to you and me now
On this fateful day

And the leaves permeate these walls now
The floors and ceilings too
There's nothing left in the glass bowl
The ritual is through
The ritual is through