Lyrics
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Jo and me are sitting at the bank
On 23rd street
Everything’s exactly the same but
I'm a new me
I pick up the wind
Take up my words
Then let it set me down again
and I don't know how
always someone now
Is listening
If there was something different then
Well I know it now
To be young and to know it
Is something profound
The subtle difference then
Is so big now
It's more than a stretch
I don't wanna let one more good day
Go over my head
We led ourselves through
Mazes then raced them to a dead end
Across mountain trails
And river beds
Through broken men
We pick up the wind
Take up our words
Then let it set us down again
and I don't know how
always someone now
Is listening
If there was something different then
Well I know it now
To be young and to know it
Is something profound
The subtle difference then
Is so big now
It's more than a stretch
I don't wanna let one more good day go
Over my head
Jo and me are sitting at the bank on 23rd street
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If I were a ghost in this house
I'd see all of your pictures hung up
I'd walk through the hallways
that I used to love
I'd see all your new pictures hung up
If I were a ghost in this house
I'd watch when your mind was away
how it would drift
and be prone to fall into
the old ways of me and you
I'd give my body away,
if I could slip in and sleep by your side
I'd give my body away
If I were a ghost in this house
If I were a ghost in this house
We used to spend all our nights talking
now I just wander, wanting to find
the voice that I left in our doorway
saying goodbye,
saying goodbye
I'd give my body away
if I could slip in and sleep by your side
I'd give my body away
If I were a ghost in this house
If I were a ghost in this house
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When we first met
I was struck
I was new
You felt
What did not exist
You fed me
And I grew
How could I have known?
How could I have known?
How could I have known?
How could I have known?
The sudden wind that brings you
Will be the wind that takes you
The same fate that brought you
Will be the fate that takes you
How could I have known?
The wildfire
in my old field
Of vision
You caught me in a time of change
The season is ending
So it'd be fitting
For us to blame
The sudden wind that brings you
Will be the wind that takes you
The same fate that brought you
Will be the fate that takes you
How could I have known?
How could I have known?
How could I have known?
How could I have known?
How could I have known?
How could I have known?
How could I have known?
How could I have known?
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I remember what was said
You swore in blue and red
But it is hard to discern
A bruise from a lesson learned
Would it be easier to love you from afar
Would it be easier to love you from an arms length
Would it be easier to love you from afar
Would it be easier to love you from an arms length
Maybe I’m not warmed up yet
I’m wearing armor from a different past
demanding trust, is an impossible thing
Akin to being taught to laugh
Would it be easier to love you from afar
Would it be easier to love you from an arms length
Would it be easier to love you from afar
Would it be easier to love you from an arms length
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We saw everyone
And came home to nothing
The river and the dove
We looked something like them
Nested in your covers
Might as well have been a snow bank
In my fingers beat a heartache
I’ve never known
Oh what are you doing
Letting me touch you like that
What are we doing
With our mouths and arms and hands
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Singing as I lock the door
You meet me on the corner
The power lines above us
Weave a humming chorus
We walk a little farther
We talk about your father
I say if it’s too much
Don’t gotta say anything further
But listening is no bother
To me
You can say anything to me
Called your win a draw
Though it was
Clearly not at all that
Laying on your carpet
Waiting for a forfeit
Victory is your laughter
Its your trust I’m after
It’s you knowing that I’d never let you
Feel ashamed
You can say anything
To me
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It’s the second day of spring
Another season behind me
I don’t feel any different
Though there’s someone new beside me
And the sun kisses my skin
Ever gently
Ever burning
And I can’t shake the wanting the
Ever yearning
That I’ve left alone too long
Shaking me inside out
I know where I do and don’t belong
But right here
It’s all right here
So I guess I can stay awhile
Yes things are better on paper
Oh it’s easy to say
Things are good
Still I cut my fingers on the edges every day
And I know that you love me
I know you mean me well
I’m so sorry in advance
I’m sorry for
circumstances that
Leave me cold and cruel
There’s no easy for me
In leaving you
But for right here
It’s all right here
So I guess I can stay while
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You've hurt me so badly
You've healed me so sweet
The trees are rustling
A loving word leaves
The mouth of a taker
I adore
You’ve brought me children
You’ve brought me this home
You've taken away,
You've left me alone
And I love you
Through the open window
The newborn of springtime,
The powder of white snow
You've hurt me so badly
You've healed me so sweet
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I’ve been waiting for you
I’ve been waiting for you all this time
Times been passing quicker
The lines been getting thinner
Between what I want
and what’s in front of me
Like the light that glinted off the river
Like the bloom that lifted the winter
I’ve been waiting for you
I’ve been waiting for you all this time
Now I’m looking outward
The sound of
Us has now turned
Into a sweetness
I won’t forget it
Like the light that glinted off the river
Like the bloom that lifted the winter
I’ve been waiting for you
I’ve been waiting for you all this time
Like the fruit that tempted
The sinner
Was it weakness
Or tenderness in her
I’ve been waiting for you
I’ve been waiting for you
All this time