Cartography

[Verse 1] In spite of calmness let's pretend, ba ba ba da He held his breath each time 'til end You're with me now but you were not then, ba ba ba da A hundred leaves at the river's end [Verse 2] I traced the crazed pattern of the seat with my eyes As your steeple toppled into the river And gripping the air between my fists I became a mosaic of every word and every look you've given me A newspaper shrouded the man across from me Making him appear as a spy of tweed and corduroy Following the trail of chewed gum and chewed words I found solace against the cracked tile, the weight of the city upon me [Verse 3] Berlin sighed with me as I slept, ba ba ba da Raise your glass, cut off my head Walk me along by your old canal, ba ba ba da I think you're joking, I think you're swell [Verse 4] I never knew where you'd leave me, despite my cartographic tendencies And just when I thought I'd lose you You'd appear like paint on the brick of a landlords facade, soulless You enthralled me that night as the lights poked holes in the steel skeletons perusing the street And you said, "It's x, it's x, it's x" [Outro] Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da Ba ba ba da