Did We Hear the Same Song

Did we hear the same song when Upon taking an afternoon break in your apartment during an agenda-less spring day I flipped the record over to play Love Reign O'er Me? I imagined we'd both sink into a different universe between the sheets But you broke into laughter Did we hear the same song when I came to find you in Montreal and told you I wanted to drive indefinitely north? And as Incident on 57th Street came on I was sure we'd make it all the way to Churchill Manitoba, but as you got drowsy you asked if we could just find a room in Mont Tremblant Did we hear the same song when We escaped the dinner party in the countryside and found that old turntable in the living room? When Gianni Bella sang "La mia sete cresce finché l'acqua non c'è" I was convinced you'd turn the world off with me and know that that dirt underneath my Fingernails represented how little I needed to love you But instead you said let's get the hell out of here Did we hear the same song when You were too hungover to enjoy the beautiful day outside? So I put on Astral Weeks content to stare at the wall together And you asked me "Hey where's the cacophony coming from?" Did we hear the same song when We bartended together and the lazy DJ played Tears for Fears at the same time every night? I'd catch you smiling in my periphery assuming you too Loved being trapped in this routine with me Yet when that same song came on the radio you didn't even bat a lash Did we hear the same song when You talked about Rachel and Jeffrey Through the first five minutes of Marquee Moon And when you asked me if we had just begun listening to the same song again I said... Yesssss. And continued listening to the rain As the darkness doubled for the final five minutes of that song