In Love

I remember the night we met

That night we sat entwined

Under summer skies I looked into your eyes

And you looked into mine

You said (Oleander Holly) "You're not like the rest" and I nodded

(Crimson feet of Collie) "No one understand me", you said

And I nodded once again (Beautiful and lovely, my baby)

As if to agree that all men are indeed the same

Somehow you said (The only one), I was different

(Who really understands me)

(Floating hand in hand we)

(Whisper in the moonlight and say that I'm)

(The things you want to see)

(Kody and her star child) For months on end

I maintained a veneer of sincere interest (Goddess of the moonlight)

As if I was listening as you relived every page of self help

(Hold me in the mornin' and tell me I'm)

(The only one alive) And new age that you'd read

(Who really understands you) I went in for the kill

I'd read the same books (Tell me pretty stories)

I learned to ape the motions of a sensitive human being

(Say you understand me, my baby say) and we were oh, so happy

But you found things to fix and I knew it was time to move on

(That I could never be in love, in love)

So now you have me completely figured out

You feel sorry for me

I can't express my feelings

I can't tell the truth

We are all alike

At puberty I was sworn to secrecy

By the international brotherhood of lying fickle males

I can't tell you anything and I can't commit

You're right, I can't commit to you

(Hold me in the morning) I will always treasure our time together

(Tell me pretty stories) I don't feel enough of anything

To harbor the kind of disdain that you'll maintain

(Say that you're the only one, my baby)

You painted me into what you wanted to see

That's fine (But I could never be) but you will never know me

(In love, in love)

(Oleander holly)

(Crimson feet of Collie)

(Beautiful and lovely, my baby)

(The only one who really understands me)