All songs: words and music by Shannon Curtis
Published by Shannon K (ASCAP)
All rights reserved; lyrics reprinted by permission
Let’s Stay In (mega-single; 2011)
Brightest Light in the Room (maxi-single; 2011)
Brightest Light in the Room
Book of Fiction
"I play the piano and sing love songs" (2010)
I’m Ruined
Leave You Behind
Before The Sun
Don’t Call Me
Lay Me Down
Unfinished Business
Wasted
Happens Every Day
I Like To Think
Boomerangs & Seesaws
Why Don’t You Stay?
Why Don’t You Stay EP (2009)
I Like To Think
Lay Me Down
Boomerangs & Seesaws (2009)
Why Don’t You Stay?
Get Outta Town
Paris Can’t Have You EP (2008)
Paris Can’t Have You
Leave You Behind
Don’t Call Me
Push Me Pull Me
What Makes A Man Fall In Love?
Boomerangs & Seesaws EP (2007)
Boomerangs & Seesaws
Wasted
Rainy Day Lover
Can’t Remember You
Before The Sun
Waking Up With You
Let’s Stay In (mega-single; 2011)
Put on a pot of tea
Come sit as close to me as you like
I say we strike a match
Something is bound to catch on fire
And burn for a while
Let’s stay in tonight
There’s not one thing outside these four walls
That you and I will need
Let’s stay in
Tune in the radio
Something for moving slow in the dark
This is how time stands still
Hearts racing on the thrill
We rise and fall in each others’ arms
Let’s stay in tonight
There’s not one thing outside these four walls
That you and I will need
And it would be all right
If well past midnight
You were holding tight to me
Let’s stay in
Let’s stay in tonight
Music and moonlight
Are everything that you and I will need
And it will be all right
If well past midnight
You are holding tight to me
Let’s stay in
In your room, trying not to breathe
Or disturb this perfect scene
All my thoughts have robbed my sleep
While they decipher what it means
Your silence is killing me
If you tell me that you love me, I believe you
So don’t say a word
If you’re not sure how you’re feeling
Careful what you say
‘Cause your words mean everything
In the space between our eyes
A lingering question lies
I could see making a life
If your heart’s in time with mine
Your silence keeps hope alive
If you tell me that you love me, I believe you
So don’t say a word
If you’re not sure how you’re feeling
Careful what you say
‘Cause your words mean everything
I would love to be loved by you
And I want to believe it’s true
If you say so
Brightest Light in the Room (maxi-single; 2011)
Thought I had it figured out, when out of the blue
Everything got turned around in light of you
Turns out I’ve been walking blind
So now that I’ve discovered sight
Pardon if I stare
What am I supposed to do?
You’re the brightest light in the room
Everything else just fades away
And I can’t avert my helpless gaze
If I could lay my eyes upon you just tonight
It might be enough to light up every night
Across the deserts and over oceans
You will be my spark of hope
And you will be my prayer
What am I supposed to do?
You’re the brightest light in the room
Everything else just fades away
And I can’t avert my helpless gaze
When you’re out of view
I’ll fix my eyes upon the moon
‘Cause it makes the darkness not so hard
The same thing you do within my heart
These crazy days can shake the strongest faith
But I see the way when I’m standing next to you
Don’t stand so close to me
We make electricity
And it would help if you’d say something
Instead of staring at me with those eyes
It’s getting harder for me to disguise
That I’d like to feel your lips on mine
Maybe in another country
Maybe on a distant shore
Maybe if I’d made a left instead
Or wandered through a different door
Maybe on a faraway planet
In a futuristic time
Maybe in a book of fiction, I’d have been yours
Don’t be so interesting
Or smart, and kind, and funny
I’m having trouble remembering
Why I can’t just walk over and say
“Whatcha doing the rest of the day?
How about you and me run away?”
Maybe in an ancient temple
On the sound of an an unheard prayer
Maybe if I’d answered “yes” instead
Or followed a whim somewhere
Maybe in a mountain kingdom
Where the people speak in rhyme
Maybe in a book of fiction, I’d have been yours
The story goes like this
We meet and then we kiss
And then it goes, how stories go
Till happily it ends
Maybe in an Argo vessel
In the light of the farthest star
Maybe we’ll be born again someday
And I’ll remember who you are
Maybe on a desert island
In an era before our time
Maybe in a book of fiction, I’d have been yours
And you’d have been mine
Maybe in a book of fiction you’d have been mine
"I play the piano and sing love songs" (2010)
I’m ruined for anyone but you, dear
’Cause what you’ve been doing to my heart is nuclear
Don’t know who I’m foolin’, thinking I could ever beat the best I ever had
I’m ruined, but it’s not so bad
I’m broken and and I’m burning
You were my point of no return
I haven’t the strength to fight this yearning for just one more turn
Don’t let me burn
I’m ruined for anyone but you, dear
’Cause what you’ve been doing to my heart is nuclear
Don’t know who I’m foolin’, thinking I could ever beat the best I ever had
I’m ruined, but it’s not so bad
A perfectly good girl can be destroyed
With just one well-placed kiss from one bad boy
I’m ruined for anyone but you, dear
’Cause what you’ve been doing to my heart is nuclear
Don’t know who I’m foolin’, thinking I could ever beat the best I ever had
I’m ruined, but it’s not so bad
I’m ruined, but it’s not so bad
You flew me to Mars
Where you wooed me with stars
Then you laughed at the sense of such flight
Always changing your mind
Sends me crashing down from on high
Landing hard onto the truth I’ve denied
Oh it’s high time I get you off my mind
It’s high time I leave you behind
Your magic on me is like no trick I’ve seen
‘Cause blind eyes can find the “true” in “too good”
Sawing my whole heart in half
You practice your vanishing act
Taking off the same way that I never could
But it’s high time I get you off my mind
It’s high time I leave you behind
I gave you a season to stand up straight
And give me a reason to stay
You sang me your same old tune,
“Baby, I’ll get there very soon”
But, honey, never is too long to wait
If I had a dime for all of the times
Your memory sweeps through my head
I could buy comfort in some other man
‘Cause I hate to admit I’ll be sad
That never again will you be sweetening my bed
Oh it’s high time I get you off my mind
It’s high time I leave you behind
It’s high time I leave you behind
Dreams and limbs entangled in a heap of perfect peace
Hope’s awake while fear is fast asleep
But morning is a thief
So before the sun crawls in through the shades
Before we remember how to be afraid
Before it gets too hard to believe
Lay here with me
Before we count up what this will cost
Before the present to the past is lost
And all that’s left is a faint memory
Lay here with me
Enemies take what we need and sell well-worn lies
I’m my own worst of these, I can’t say why
‘Cause we’ll leave this room, say goodbye too soon
Watch another chance go by
So before the sun crawls in through the shades
Before we remember how to be afraid
Before it gets too hard to believe
Lay here with me
Before we count up what this will cost
Before the present to the past is lost
And all that’s left is a faint memory
Lay here with me
Space and time have conspired to bring us something good
Could be right
So why don’t you and I walk the wire this time?
So before the sun crawls in through the shades
Before we remember how to be afraid
Before it gets too hard to believe
Lay here with me
Before we count up what this will cost
Before the present to the past is lost
And all that’s left is a faint memory
Lay here with me
Stay here with me
Lay here with me
Don’t call me when you’re lonely
Don’t call me when you’re blue
If you call me when you’re broken-hearted
Then I’m not the girl for you
Don’t ask me to come over
When you can’t sleep at night
I’m not looking for a good time
I’m looking for the love of my life
Don’t use my number when all of your friends are out of town
I’m not one to be impressed by your attention
When there’s no one else around
And even if you’re bored out of your ever-loving mind
I’m not looking for just one night
I’m looking for the love of my life
So I don’t want to hear from you when you’ve been drinkin’
Or otherwise not thinkin’ very straight
So I hope this message really sinks in
‘Cause darlin’, you have much too much at stake
If the first time you use these seven digits
It’s for any reason less than to be true
There won’t be a second call
So, careful how you make your move …
Don’t call me when you’ve struck out
With some other gal you’ve had your eye one
‘Cause this is not a shoulder to cry on
This is a hand to have and hold
Pick up that phone, dear, and I’ll be the ride of your life
Go ahead and get me on the line
When you’re looking for a love for all time
Go ahead and get me on the line
When you’re looking for the love of your life
Although the world is coming to an end
I don’t think there’s been a lovelier night
Walking slowly with you hand in hand
It’s hard imagining we won’t be all right
And if we never see the morn again
I will join the dead without a fight
If you lay me down
Lay me down
Never has the saying “now or never” been about the ending of time
But here we are in the eleventh hour
finally somehow we’re giving up pride
Looking back from here is not allowed
And since tomorrow can’t be found in real life
Won’t you lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Tonight
For best or worst, a blessed curse is our fate
But who could have guessed the universe would end up this way?
So this perfect evening we’ll be leaving nothing to waste
Now is when love and history are made
With only minutes, maybe seconds, left
Will you press your lips to mine?
The beating won’t be held within my chest
And all the rest of me is resigned
And though this is the last of all my breaths
It’s the best one of my life
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
There you were among all the others
Always friends and almost lovers
My imagination hovers over “What if?”
It’s come down to now or never
I won’t stick around forever
If you’ve ever wondered, you’d better come over
’Cause you and I, we have
Some unfinished business to attend to
Some lingering details to work through
And it won’t call for talking, so don’t bother calling
We’re gonna need a one-on-one
So come here and kiss me; this time let’s get the job done
You know almost all my secrets
Save for this one I’ve been keepin’
Come in closer, I will speak it in your ear:
You and I, we have
Some unfinished business to attend to
Some lingering details to work through
And it won’t call for talking, so don’t bother calling
We’re gonna need a one-on-one
So come here and kiss me; this time let’s get the job done
You and I, we have
Some unfinished business to attend to
Some lingering details to work through
And it won’t call for talking, so don’t bother calling
We’re gonna need a one-on-one
So come here and kiss me, this time
Come over here and kiss me, this time
Get over here and kiss me, this time let’s get the job done
You are my weakness
Please tell me your secret
And save me a fortune in tears
‘Cause I can’t get enough, you see
Like some kind of junkie
Whose drug all too quickly disappears
Along with three damn years
Oh, I’m empty handed here
But if love was free
Imagine how rich I’d be
Cause I wouldn’t have wasted all I had on you
And even though it costs so much
I’m a debtor for one last touch
My good sense is wasted when it comes to you
I’ve begged and I’ve borrowed
To bargain sweet sorrow
‘Cause the ration of sweetness was so sweet, however fleeting
Well, I’ve learned that you can’t live
On a diet of wishes
They’re as empty as your words seem
So it’s a mystery
How you’ve got a hold on me
But if love was free
Imagine how rich I’d be
‘Cause I wouldn’t have wasted all I had on you
And even though it costs so much
I’m a debtor for one last touch
My good sense is wasted when it comes to you
Oh, I’m wasted
Oh, I’m wasted
Baby, I’m totally wasted on you
Happens every day
Someone falls in love
Their wish walks in the doorway
And they can’t believe their luck
Happens every day
Someone takes a chance
They trade themselves away for
A wager on romance
But I’m no different than anyone
Kissed by the fragile whim of fortune
And this day’s no different than any day
The sun’s always rising on someone
It happens every day
Lovers’ hearts are won
Promises are uttered
And two turns into one
But I’m no different than anyone
Kissed by the fickle whim of fortune
And this day’s no different than any day
The sun’s always setting on someone
It happens every day
Someone has a change of heart
Or says what they’ve been meaning
And wishes break apart
I like to think you think of me from time to time
And that some of your thoughts are sublime
Like portals onto a world that might have been
I hope that in those dreams you see a smiling face
Where the tears of old are erased
Like I do dream of you now and then
I read your name; it sends a wave of shock through my limbs
I hear a song; a time machine takes me back when
I shake it off, take a breath, like losing you again
I like to think you keep a place hid in your heart
And now and again, when it’s dark
You linger on the trace of our time
And though I know the light it fades, old movies end
Perhaps you rewind now and then
Like I do think of you sometimes
I read your name; it sends a wave of shock through my limbs
I hear a song; a time machine takes me back when
I shake it off, take a breath, like leaving you again
I like to think you think of me from time to time
And that some of your thoughts are sublime
Like I do think of you sometimes
I do think of you sometimes
Whatcha doin’ here at this late hour?
I’ve put to bed the dreams I’d saved as ours
And I’ve been sleeping with the porch light off for a while
Well, don’t be standing out there, it’s freezing cold
But watch your step as you cross this threshold
‘Cause I recall last April had you sold on goodbye
So I tried
To let go and when I do you come back
Tell me I’m the right girl when the time is wrong
Our love’s like boomerangs and seesaws
And I just can’t hang on
Leave your shoes and all that you’ve walked through
At the door, and I’ll do the same for you
Maybe then we’ll sit and talk till two in the dark
The irony is it’s the scene I’d write
Every day in May and June, July
When I still hoped there was a “you and I” in the stars
It was so hard
To let go and when I do you come back
Tell me I’m the right girl when the time is wrong
Our love’s like boomerangs and seesaws
And I just can’t hang on
Why don’t you stay just a little bit longer?
Just a little bit closer
Till the end of the song
It’s not too late to get something started
Turn the record on over
The night’s plenty long
The clock on the table has stopped
Freezing the frame we’re upon
Where now from here?
The lines are unclear when I’m in your arms
Hear now the rumble of walls
Crumbling around my resolve
With logic defied
What might we find between now and dawn?
So why don’t you stay just a little bit longer?
Just a little bit closer
Till the end of the song
Who knows what one kiss becomes
Driven by hearts on the drum
Well, minds can divine what it implies
When daylight comes
Why don’t you stay just a little bit longer?
Just a little bit closer
Till the end of the song
It’s not too late to get something started
Turn the record on over
The night’s plenty long
Why Don’t You Stay EP (2009)
I like to think you think of me from time to time
And that some of your thoughts are sublime
Like portals onto a world that might have been
I hope that in those dreams you see a smiling face
Where the tears of old are erased
Like I do dream of you now and then
I read your name; it sends a wave of shock through my limbs
I hear a song; a time machine takes me back when
I shake it off, take a breath, like losing you again
I like to think you keep a place hid in your heart
And now and again, when it’s dark
You linger on the trace of our time
And though I know the light it fades, old movies end
Perhaps you rewind now and then
Like I do think of you sometimes
I read your name; it sends a wave of shock through my limbs
I hear a song; a time machine takes me back when
I shake it off, take a breath, like leaving you again
I like to think you think of me from time to time
And that some of your thoughts are sublime
Like I do think of you sometimes
I do think of you sometimes
Although the world is coming to an end
I don’t think there’s been a lovelier night
Walking slowly with you hand in hand
It’s hard imagining we won’t be all right
And if we never see the morn again
I will join the dead without a fight
If you lay me down
Lay me down
Never has the saying “now or never” been about the ending of time
But here we are in the eleventh hour
finally somehow we’re giving up pride
Looking back from here is not allowed
And since tomorrow can’t be found in real life
Won’t you lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Tonight
For best or worst, a blessed curse is our fate
But who could have guessed the universe would end up this way?
So this perfect evening we’ll be leaving nothing to waste
Now is when love and history are made
With only minutes, maybe seconds, left
Will you press your lips to mine?
The beating won’t be held within my chest
And all the rest of me is resigned
And though this is the last of all my breaths
It’s the best one of my life
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Whatcha doin’ here at this late hour?
I’ve put to bed the dreams I’d saved as ours
And I’ve been sleeping with the porch light off for a while
Well, don’t be standing out there, it’s freezing cold
But watch your step as you cross this threshold
‘Cause I recall last April had you sold on goodbye
So I tried
To let go and when I do you come back
Tell me I’m the right girl when the time is wrong
Our love’s like boomerangs and seesaws
And I just can’t hang on
Leave your shoes and all that you’ve walked through
At the door, and I’ll do the same for you
Maybe then we’ll sit and talk till two in the dark
The irony is it’s the scene I’d write
Every day in May and June, July
When I still hoped there was a “you and I” in the stars
It was so hard
To let go and when I do you come back
Tell me I’m the right girl when the time is wrong
Our love’s like boomerangs and seesaws
And I just can’t hang on
Why don’t you stay just a little bit longer?
Just a little bit closer
Till the end of the song
It’s not too late to get something started
Turn the record on over
The night’s plenty long
The clock on the table has stopped
Freezing the frame we’re upon
Where now from here?
The lines are unclear when I’m in your arms
Hear now the rumble of walls
Crumbling around my resolve
With logic defied
What might we find between now and dawn?
So why don’t you stay just a little bit longer?
Just a little bit closer
Till the end of the song
Who knows what one kiss becomes
Driven by hearts on the drum
Well, minds can divine what it implies
When daylight comes
Why don’t you stay just a little bit longer?
Just a little bit closer
Till the end of the song
It’s not too late to get something started
Turn the record on over
The night’s plenty long
It’s been one of “those days” for a year
And I might scream if I don’t get outta here
I need to see some stars and know there’s more than what we are
I’ve got my keys and I’ve got my car
Why don’t we leave town?
Let’s get outta Dodge
We’ll cover some ground before they notice we’re gone
So long to the city
Hello, open road
Just say you’ll come with me
Jump in and let’s go
Let’s get outta town
I’ve misplaced my faith and hope’s gone the byway
Maybe we’ll find love out there on the highway
Along the yellow lines
You tell me yours, I’ll tell you mine
Till all our woes are left behind
Why don’t we leave town?
Let’s get outta Dodge
We’ll cover some ground before they notice we’re gone
So long to the city
Hello, open road
Just say you’ll come with me
Jump in and let’s go
Just you and me and the breeze – don’t it sound nice?
This moment won’t come twice
Why don’t we leave town?
Let’s get outta Dodge
We’ll cover some ground before they notice we’re gone
So long to the city; hello, open road
Just say you’ll come with me
Just say you’ll come wiith me
Let’s get outta town
Paris Can’t Have You EP (2008)
Dear lover
It’s been seven weeks and a day and twenty-two hours
Since you stepped on a plane and left me with flowers
The Champs-Elysées, a whole world away from home
Where I lay, lonely bones
And I wait by the phone
Your night is my day when you are so far away
And it’s hard to sleep all alone
If you’re feeling tempted to stay, listen to me when I say
That Paris can’t have you
‘Cause Los Angeles needs you home
Oh, honey, how much longer now till you’ve done what you went to do?
I am strong but there are some things, without you,
That lie here undone and I have begun
To fancy the night of your landing
When I’ll have my man
But until then …
Your night is my day when you are so far away
And it’s hard to sleep all alone
If you’re feeling tempted to stay, listen to me when I say
That Paris can’t have you
‘Cause Los Angeles needs you home
You flew me to Mars
Where you wooed me with stars
Then you laughed at the sense of such flight
Always changing your mind
Sends me crashing down from on high
Landing hard onto the truth I’ve denied
Oh it’s high time I get you off my mind
It’s high time I leave you behind
Your magic on me is like no trick I’ve seen
‘Cause blind eyes can find the “true” in “too good”
Sawing my whole heart in half
You practice your vanishing act
Taking off the same way that I never could
But it’s high time I get you off my mind
It’s high time I leave you behind
I gave you a season to stand up straight
And give me a reason to stay
You sang me your same old tune,
“Baby, I’ll get there very soon”
But, honey, never is too long to wait
If I had a dime for all of the times
Your memory sweeps through my head
I could buy comfort in some other man
‘Cause I hate to admit I’ll be sad
That never again will you be sweetening my bed
Oh it’s high time I get you off my mind
It’s high time I leave you behind
It’s high time I leave you behind
Don’t call me when you’re lonely
Don’t call me when you’re blue
If you call me when you’re broken-hearted
Then I’m not the girl for you
Don’t ask me to come over
When you can’t sleep at night
I’m not looking for a good time
I’m looking for the love of my life
Don’t use my number when all of your friends are out of town
I’m not one to be impressed by your attention
When there’s no one else around
And even if you’re bored out of your ever-loving mind
I’m not looking for just one night
I’m looking for the love of my life
So I don’t want to hear from you when you’ve been drinkin’
Or otherwise not thinkin’ very straight
So I hope this message really sinks in
‘Cause darlin’, you have much too much at stake
If the first time you use these seven digits
It’s for any reason less than to be true
There won’t be a second call
So, careful how you make your move …
Don’t call me when you’ve struck out
With some other gal you’ve had your eye one
‘Cause this is not a shoulder to cry on
This is a hand to have and hold
Pick up that phone, dear, and I’ll be the ride of your life
Go ahead and get me on the line
When you’re looking for a love for all time
Go ahead and get me on the line
When you’re looking for the love of your life
Your eyes cast their nets and harvest the depths of my heart
My sigh, the last breath of this creature you’ve caught
I’m yours and you know it
Don’t send me out to sea, let me be
You pull me in, you push me out
Swinging my head through hypnotic doubt
I’m willingly swirling in your tide
Push me, pull me – why do I?
On your pendulum I balance the line of my affections
Too much, and I slide into you unprotected
This dangerous love
Propels me ever higher, makes me fly
You pull me in, you push me out
Swinging my head through hypnotic doubt
I’m willingly swirling in your tide
Push me, pull me – why?
All the worst, all the best, I’ve borne it all inside
In the sky and to the depths, you’ve taken me on such a ride
And it hurts more than I’m made to bear
I come again, once more you take me there
You pull me in, you push me out
Swinging my head through hypnotic doubt
I’m willingly swirling in your tide
Push me, pull me – why do I?
What Makes A Man Fall In Love?
What makes a man fall in love?
And is what I have enough?
There are answers that pain me to seek
Like why you couldn’t fall in love with me
I remember when you first caught my eye
I thought the world might end right then and I’d be fine
There wasn’t much we said while we kept a silent stare
Was I imagining what was not there?
What makes a man fall in love?
And is what I have enough?
There are answers that pain me to seek
Like why you couldn’t fall in love with me
Boomerangs & Seesaws EP (2007)
Whatcha doin’ here at this late hour?
I’ve put to bed the dreams I’d saved as ours
And I’ve been sleeping with the porch light off for a while
Well, don’t be standing out there, it’s freezing cold
But watch your step as you cross this threshold
‘Cause I recall last April had you sold on goodbye
So I tried
To let go and when I do you come back
Tell me I’m the right girl when the time is wrong
Our love’s like boomerangs and seesaws
And I just can’t hang on
Leave your shoes and all that you’ve walked through
At the door, and I’ll do the same for you
Maybe then we’ll sit and talk till two in the dark
The irony is it’s the scene I’d write
Every day in May and June, July
When I still hoped there was a “you and I” in the stars
It was so hard
To let go and when I do you come back
Tell me I’m the right girl when the time is wrong
Our love’s like boomerangs and seesaws
And I just can’t hang on
You are my weakness
Please tell me your secret
And save me a fortune in tears
‘Cause I can’t get enough, you see
Like some kind of junkie
Whose drug all too quickly disappears
Along with three damn years
Oh, I’m empty handed here
But if love was free
Imagine how rich I’d be
Cause I wouldn’t have wasted all I had on you
And even though it costs so much
I’m a debtor for one last touch
My good sense is wasted when it comes to you
I’ve begged and I’ve borrowed
To bargain sweet sorrow
‘Cause the ration of sweetness was so sweet, however fleeting
Well, I’ve learned that you can’t live
On a diet of wishes
They’re as empty as your words seem
So it’s a mystery
How you’ve got a hold on me
But if love was free
Imagine how rich I’d be
‘Cause I wouldn’t have wasted all I had on you
And even though it costs so much
I’m a debtor for one last touch
My good sense is wasted when it comes to you
Oh, I’m wasted
Oh, I’m wasted
Baby, I’m totally wasted on you
Timing is everything when love brings to the table an offering
Like when you came, I was willing but unable
I kept you around in my mind if, by occasion
This current affair ran dry
It sure enough left me high
And so I’ve been
Saving your love for
Saving your love for
Saving your love for a rainy day
And now that we’re in for a downpour
There’s one thing I’m hoping for
The sky’ll keep raining for days and days, oh yeah
So tell me you’ll come over and we’ll hide out undercover
Drinking all the sweet things made for rainy day lovers
If waiting can kill you, then death, please pass me over
It’s thunder and lightning time
I ain’t gonna miss this ride
Because I’ve been
Saving your love for
Saving your love for
Saving your love for a rainy day
And now that we’re in for a downpour
There’s one thing I’m hoping for
The sky’ll keep raining for days and days, oh yeah
If waiting can kill you, then death, please pass me over
It’s thunder and lightning and loving like dying
We’re under the sky and the storms are colliding, oh yeah
And I’ve been
Saving your love for
Saving your love for
Saving your love for a rainy day
And now that we’re in for a downpour
There’s one thing I’m hoping for
The sky’ll keep raining for days and days, oh yeah
The sky’ll keep raining for days and days and days and days
Oh, let it keep raining for days and days and days and days
Days and days and days and days
Days and days and days and days
Tracing back where time began
I feel around for who I am
And who I was before
Knowing there were other doors
And walking through meant leaving you, the girl I knew
Now even when I try and look inside
I can’t remember you
I am found and you are lost in time
I can’t remember you
Happy to forget, forgive
Things that pass let others live
And now a garden grows up above the martyred bones
Unaware that darker years are buried there
Now even when I try and look inside
I can’t remember you
I am found and you are lost in time
I can’t remember
How it was I lived another life
I can’t remember you
Endings are beginnings in disguise
I can’t remember you
The shining face on yellowed pages of my history
You find your place among the relics of what used to be
Even when I try
I can’t remember
You are lost in time
I can’t remember
How it was I lived another life
I can’t remember
Endings are beginnings’ other side
I can’t remember you
I can’t remember you
Dreams and limbs entangled in a heap of perfect peace
Hope’s awake while fear is fast asleep
But morning is a thief
So before the sun crawls in through the shades
Before we remember how to be afraid
Before it gets too hard to believe
Lay here with me
Before we count up what this will cost
Before the present to the past is lost
And all that’s left is a faint memory
Lay here with me
Enemies take what we need and sell well-worn lies
I’m my own worst of these, I can’t say why
‘Cause we’ll leave this room, say goodbye too soon
Watch another chance go by
So before the sun crawls in through the shades
Before we remember how to be afraid
Before it gets too hard to believe
Lay here with me
Before we count up what this will cost
Before the present to the past is lost
And all that’s left is a faint memory
Lay here with me
Space and time have conspired to bring us something good
Could be right
So why don’t you and I walk the wire this time?
So before the sun crawls in through the shades
Before we remember how to be afraid
Before it gets too hard to believe
Lay here with me
Before we count up what this will cost
Before the present to the past is lost
And all that’s left is a faint memory
Lay here with me
Stay here with me
Lay here with me
Waking up with you is like Christmas morning
It’s like April warming into May
And staying there with you for what feels like ages
is my favorite moment of the day
Slow the hours creep
Until I fall asleep
But if I have a dream, it’s always a good dream
If it ends with waking up with you
Slow the hours creep
Until I fall asleep
But if I have a dream, it’s always a pretty good dream
If it ends with waking up with you
If it ends with waking up with you