"Hummingbird Sage" lyrics

Sometimes I picture this town
Two hundred years ago
They say it used to snow
The creeks all filled with gold
Sounds of siren songs
And the songs of swans
Egrets in their flocks
Wading in the aqueducts

Sometimes I picture this town
From a thousand years ago
Before it half-burned down
Before it was filled with ghosts
Back then the rain from the hills
Made the rivers rage
And the hummingbirds sipped
From the hummingbird sage

Sometimes the sun is bright
Sometimes there's no sun at all
We've all learned that God is good
But sometimes there's just nothin' to believe in

Our love, it came on a wake
So strong that it made us break
It came in fits and starts
But always in the cards
Songs of unending ache
I baked your ring in the cake
And I see your trembling hand
Pointing at the map

Sometimes when the moon is out
And dogs are singin' songs
It's okay to sing along, you know
Sometimes all in the world is right
Sometimes there's no love at all
We all learn that God is good
But sometimes
There's just nothin' to believe in

Sometimes I picture this town
In the days before
We knew everyone we know
And we held everything we hold
Before the coming of the dawn
Before our coming of age
And the hummingbirds sip
From the hummingbird sage