the night of my (first) arrival – affectionate – wrapping me in – arms – taken aback by – confidence – about me, a person who – doesn’t really know – though – something so right about being enveloped – the landscape of – body – becoming more familiar – the softness, how warm and open – so simple and natural, like something I’ve done a thousand times before – like we are in the beginning of something, and the middle –]
lyrics
don’t slip away
don’t say goodbye
or tell me –
don’t you say goodbye
to an answer
that we already know
keeping time with the subway
is it that i’m much too scared
to lose control?
maybe i’m making a fool of sirens
wanted to be comfortable
should i take a leap for fear of drowning?
well i know, well i know, well i know –
hearts
never
lie,
they never
lie, never
lie,
never
hearts
never
lie,
they never
lie, never
lie,
never
[maybe i’m making a fool of sirens…
maybe i’m making a fool of sirens…
maybe i’m making a fool…]
remember when i started to kiss you?
remember when i took you as my plus one?
remember the past lives that we forget?
crossed exes? trepidation?
don’t slip away
don’t say goodbye
or tell me –
to wait