Tell Me

Tell me

Do you get up in the mornings

Without first checking your cell screen?

Do you start every day new?

Tell me

Do you make pancakes and coffee?

If I don’t eat, will you judge me?

It’s just that my face is filling out

And I’ve never known how to take

Care of myself in the mornings

When defenses are high

And I’m still dreaming things changed

Take care of myself in the mornings

So I’m not erased

Every night, when I go under covers

I take off my clothes undercover

It’s easier just not to see

And the nights when I go undercover

And touch myself under the covers

I dream that you love what you see

And at least when I come

I can give in to the quiet of the evening

When defenses are low and I’m wishing I’d change

And into the quiet of the evening

I’ll be erased

What do you think when

You’re walking alone in the gloaming?

I want to escape to the place

Where I live in your mind

'Cause when you get drunk

And say something about Bowie

I don’t understand, but I want to

I think I feel your eyes getting tired of me

And I want a love that’s embarrassing

I want to know my own limits

'Cause I want more than I know how to give

So tell me

Do you think that you could love me?

Do you see something that’s something?

Or do you see nothing at all?

And at least when I come

I can face into the quiet of the evening

For two seconds, I’m drenched in a love that’s my own

And into the quiet of the evening, I’ll find home

Tell me

Can we make love in the morning?

Fuck eating pancakes and coffee

I just want to drown in the light