Sun rises and we talk about the weather Sun bleaches and we ponder it all The fine line between the banker and the debtor And what happens if the satellites fall Too shy we are to come right out and say it Too sly to let the other one know Head full of this kaleidoscope of brain-freight Heart full of something simple and slow
Love is not the only thing It's the best thing Love is never everything But it's the best thing
Too tired to read another twenty pages Too bored to see the anchorman's face Too young to bear the burdens of the ages Too old to keep an innocent pace You see me like a prism sees a candle I'm scattered into differing hues Reality is happening at random You're warming up the yellows and blues
Let's go up on the roof beneath the neon Pretend we're foreigners and drink the city in Somewhere between the stairwell and the starlight I find myself holding your hand Half-cousins to the angels and the demons Half-brother to the fatherless sons I lay awake and wonder at the reasons One kiss and I am lost in your charms