We're In Love

You could absolutely break my heart

That's how I know that we're in love

I don't need the symbol of a scar

So put down the knife

We're not swapping blood

Isn't it enough

That we stripped down to our skin

Cold and porcelain

Like bathers in a painting

And I told you of your past lives, every man you've ever been

It wasn't flattering

But you listened like it mattered

I feel crazy in ways I never say

Will you still love me if it turns out I'm insane?

I know what you'll say

But it helps to hear you say it, anyway

Some October, in the future, I'll run out of trash TV

And I'll be feeling lonely, so I'll walk to karaoke

Sing the song you wrote about me, never once checking the words

I hope that no one sings along

I hope that I am not a regular

Damn, that makes me sad

It doesn't have to be like that

If you rewrite your life, may I still play a part?

In the next one, will you find me?

I'll be the boy with the pink carnation pinned to my lapel

Who looks like hell and asks for help

And if you do, I'll know it's you

I can't imagine you without

The same smile in your eyes

There is something about you

That I will always recognize

And if you don't remember

I will try to remind you

Of the hummingbirds

You know the ones

And the baby scorpion

And the winter lunar halo

And the walk we took in the Redwoods

I could go on and on and on and I will

Go on and on and on until

It all comes back