the prologue (seven storeys up)

look at us lying on the corrugated iron

spying on the neighbours, watching helicopters

disappear into the sky, dropping water to the fires

up the ladder to your window

later out the back you show me all your tattoos

tell me all the stories like you wrote before me

sing your favourite song but i get all the words wrong

and you stop me on the staircase

does it make your heart race?

does it make your blood rush through your ribcage?

you can't make this shit up

two in the morning under the rotunda

stay for one more song

we'll drown out the thunder

yeah it's getting late

but i don't wanna leave yet

don't wanna leave yet

two in the morning under the rotunda

falling off the benches

i could almost touch it

yeah, it's getting late

but i don't wanna leave yet

don't wanna leave yet

took a hit hit hit hit hit to the heart

i could pick pick pick pick pick it apart

but i start again, start again

stop thinking, stop thinking, stop thinking

don't you dare let it in

meet you at the ice rink

felt like i was sinking

i'll never understand how you knew what i was thinking

car crash, whiplash, lights flash

shimmering surrender you bring cigarettes

we're giggling

like children

waiting for the tow truck

maybe it was good luck

two in the morning under the rotunda

stay for one more song, we'll drown out the thunder

yeah, it's getting late, but i don't wanna leave yet

don't wanna leave yet

two in the morning under the rotunda

falling off the benches, i could almost touch it

yeah, it's getting late, but i don't wanna leave yet

don't wanna leave yet

hang your head over the railing

baby, now you're weightless

seven storeys up, from the balcony you say it

do you think this is love?

hang your head over the railing

baby, now you're weightless

seven storeys up, from the balcony you say it

do you think this is love?

you say that you should go

but i know you don't wanna leave yet

you say that you should go

but i know you don't wanna leave yet

you say that you should go

but i know you don't wanna leave yet

you don't wanna leave yet

you say that you should go

but i know you don't wanna leave yet

you say that you should go

but i know you don't wanna leave yet

you say that you should go

but i know you don't wanna leave yet

you don't wanna leave yet

you say that you should go

but i know you don't wanna leave yet

you say that you should go

but i know you don't wanna leave yet

you say that you should go

but i know you don't wanna leave yet

you don't wanna leave yet

flickering fluorescence

cross-legged on the kitchen bench

neat squares, loose tears

i'm scared i made you up

but i'm following the feeling

i watch you as you breathe in

and i think maybe you are the same as me