she went over to his apartment
clutching her decision
and he said, did you come here to tell me goodbye?
so she built a skyscraper of procrastination
and then she leaned out the twenty-fifth floor window
of her reply
and she felt like an actress
just reading her lines
when she finally said
yes. it's really goodbye this time
and far below was the blacktop
and the tiny toy cars
and it all fell so fast
and it all fell so far
and she said:
you are a miracle but that is not all
you are also a stiff drink and i am on call
you are a party and i am a school night
and i'm lookin' for my door key
but you are my porch light
and you'll never know, dear
just how much i loved you
you'll probably think this was
just my big excuse
but i stand committed
to a love that came before you
and the fact that i adore you
is but one of my truths
what of the mother
whose house is in flames
and both of her children
are in their beds crying
and she loves them both
with the whole of her heart
but she knows she can only
carry one at a time?
she's choking on the smoke
of unthinkable choices
she is haunted by the voices
of so many desires
she's bent over from the business
of begging forgiveness
while frantically running around
putting out fires
but then what kind of scale
compares the weight of two beauties
the gravity of duties
or the ground speed of joy?
tell me what kind of gauge
can quantify elation?
what kind of equation
could i possibly employ?
and you'll never know, dear
just how much i loved you
you probably think this was
just my big excuse
but i stand committed
to a love that came before you
and the fact that i adore you
is just one of my truths
so i
i'm goin' home
to please the one i so love pleasing
and i don't expect
he'll have much sympathy for my grieving
but i gueMaybe we've gone too far
another emotional tie on me
and I don't know who you really are
Putting my trust in you
safe in your presence I will be
if I thought it was the thing to do
with you
It feels like I'm falling deeper
into the unknown
I'm losing the fight to stay alone
I'm falling, falling for you
Where do we go from here
Why do we stand in silence waiting for
the other to make a move (yes we do)
and how do I feel right now?
stepping out of my private world into
something that scares me so you know
It feels like I'm falling... ... ... ...
Maybe I don't want to know
maybe I want to feel for you
maybe I don't want to know
maybe I want to feel for you
maybe I don't want to know
maybe I want to feel for you
falling deeper into the unknown
I'm losing the fight to stay alone
I'm falling, falling for you