Here When Gone

[Verse 1] I am a woman haunted by hands even though I'm alone Traces of palm across my skin An invisible map of where you've been It's dry road to Idaho, a thirsty tongue across the land And soil so dry it could swallow an entire man Took the first road out of town hoping you were just skin deep But I feel you like some sort of phantom limb Beside me when I sleep [Chorus] 'Cause you are here when gone You are here when gone You are here when gone You are here when gone [Verse 2] I watch another grey day unfold it's dusty wings Sometimes I wish I were more like rocks and stones and things Sometimes I wish my heart were not like flowers at all That way I would not get butterflies when you call [Verse 3] Your absence undermines the landscape Incomplete without your body like a pillar holding up the sky My body thirsty for your touch There's no use wondering why [Chorus] 'Cause you are here when gone You're here when gone You are here when gone Here when gone [Verse 4] And some birds abandon the nest 'Cause the instinct is too strong to fly Sometimes I feel like abandoning My guitar and my books and I'm afraid that I know why I'm afraid that I know why [Chorus] 'Cause you are here when gone You're here when gone You are here when gone You're here when gone You are here You are here You are here You are here when gone [Outro] Oh, your kiss lingers on my lips It lingers