Watermark

I count to three and grin, you smile and let me in

We sit and watch the wall you painted purple

Speech will spill on space, our little cups of grace

But pauses rattle on about the way

That you cut that snow-fence, braved the blood, the metal of those hearts

That you always end up pressing your tongue to

How your body still remembers things you told it to forget

How those furious affections followed you

I've got this store-bought way of saying I'm okay

And you learned how to cry in total silence

We're talented and bright, we're lonely and uptight

We've found some lovely ways to disappoint

But the airport's always almost empty this time of the year

So let's go play on a baggage carousel

And set our watches forward like we're just arriving here

From a past we left in a place we knew too well

Knew too well

Knew too well

Hold on to the corners of today

And we'll fold it up to save until it's needed

Stand still, let me scrub that brackish line

That you got when something rose and then receded

Hold on