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