Yourself

It’s in the way you move

It’s in the way you breath

It’s in the way you laugh

And in the way you speak

I never met you there

I loved you from afar

And two names on a lease

Have never lived so far apart

The summer always ends too soon

Now

I lie awake shaking

Fever won’t break

I’m drowning

You grab my hand

Pull me back

Then I wake up

And I am

Here alone in bed

Where did you go?

What did I miss?

I found it

Think I understand

You have to give yourself to something

Or it slips out of your hands

A fire in the dark

A candle in our room

A light to guide us home

We could never keep in view

Cigarettes and wine

Distract and pass the time

Could have seen the future

If I looked you in the eyes

The summer always ends too soon

Now

I lie awake shaking

Fever won’t break

I’m drowning

You grab my hand

Pull me back

Then I wake up

And I am

Here alone in bed

Where did you go?

What did I miss?

I found it

Think I understand

You have to give yourself to something

Or it slips out of your hands

The summer always ends too soon

Cardboard boxes stacked in rooms

Filled with things we’ll never do

And all the time that’s left to lose

Now

I lie awake shaking

Fever won’t break

I’m drowning

You grab my hand

Pull me back

Then I wake up

And I am

Here alone in bed

Where did you go?

What did I miss?

I found it

Think I understand

You have to give yourself to something

Or it slips out of your hands