Lyrics

Jo and me are sitting at the bank

On 23rd street

Everything’s exactly the same but

I'm a new me

I pick up the wind

Take up my words

Then let it set me down again

and I don't know how

always someone now

Is listening

If there was something different then

Well I know it now

To be young and to know it

Is something profound

The subtle difference then

Is so big now

It's more than a stretch

I don't wanna let one more good day

Go over my head

We led ourselves through

Mazes then raced them to a dead end

Across mountain trails

And river beds

Through broken men

We pick up the wind

Take up our words

Then let it set us down again

and I don't know how

always someone now

Is listening

If there was something different then

Well I know it now

To be young and to know it

Is something profound

The subtle difference then

Is so big now

It's more than a stretch

I don't wanna let one more good day go

Over my head

Jo and me are sitting at the bank on 23rd street

If I were a ghost in this house

I'd see all of your pictures hung up

I'd walk through the hallways

that I used to love

I'd see all your new pictures hung up

If I were a ghost in this house

I'd watch when your mind was away

how it would drift

and be prone to fall into

the old ways of me and you

I'd give my body away,

if I could slip in and sleep by your side

I'd give my body away

If I were a ghost in this house

If I were a ghost in this house

We used to spend all our nights talking

now I just wander, wanting to find

the voice that I left in our doorway

saying goodbye,

saying goodbye

I'd give my body away

if I could slip in and sleep by your side

I'd give my body away

If I were a ghost in this house

If I were a ghost in this house

When we first met

I was struck

I was new

You felt

What did not exist

You fed me

And I grew

How could I have known?

How could I have known?

How could I have known?

How could I have known?

The sudden wind that brings you

Will be the wind that takes you

The same fate that brought you

Will be the fate that takes you

How could I have known?

The wildfire

in my old field

Of vision

You caught me in a time of change

The season is ending

So it'd be fitting

For us to blame

The sudden wind that brings you

Will be the wind that takes you

The same fate that brought you

Will be the fate that takes you

How could I have known?

How could I have known?

How could I have known?

How could I have known?

How could I have known?

How could I have known?

How could I have known?

How could I have known?

I remember what was said

You swore in blue and red

But it is hard to discern

A bruise from a lesson learned

Would it be easier to love you from afar

Would it be easier to love you from an arms length

Would it be easier to love you from afar

Would it be easier to love you from an arms length

Maybe I’m not warmed up yet

I’m wearing armor from a different past

demanding trust, is an impossible thing

Akin to being taught to laugh

Would it be easier to love you from afar

Would it be easier to love you from an arms length

Would it be easier to love you from afar

Would it be easier to love you from an arms length

We saw everyone

And came home to nothing

The river and the dove

We looked something like them

Nested in your covers

Might as well have been a snow bank

In my fingers beat a heartache

I’ve never known

Oh what are you doing

Letting me touch you like that

What are we doing

With our mouths and arms and hands

Singing as I lock the door

You meet me on the corner

The power lines above us

Weave a humming chorus

We walk a little farther

We talk about your father

I say if it’s too much

Don’t gotta say anything further

But listening is no bother

To me

You can say anything to me

Called your win a draw

Though it was

Clearly not at all that

Laying on your carpet

Waiting for a forfeit

Victory is your laughter

Its your trust I’m after

It’s you knowing that I’d never let you

Feel ashamed

You can say anything

To me

It’s the second day of spring

Another season behind me

I don’t feel any different

Though there’s someone new beside me

And the sun kisses my skin

Ever gently

Ever burning

And I can’t shake the wanting the

Ever yearning

That I’ve left alone too long

Shaking me inside out

I know where I do and don’t belong

But right here

It’s all right here

So I guess I can stay awhile

Yes things are better on paper

Oh it’s easy to say

Things are good

Still I cut my fingers on the edges every day

And I know that you love me

I know you mean me well

I’m so sorry in advance

I’m sorry for

circumstances that

Leave me cold and cruel

There’s no easy for me

In leaving you

But for right here

It’s all right here

So I guess I can stay while

You've hurt me so badly

You've healed me so sweet

The trees are rustling

A loving word leaves

The mouth of a taker

I adore

You’ve brought me children

You’ve brought me this home

You've taken away,

You've left me alone

And I love you

Through the open window

The newborn of springtime,

The powder of white snow

You've hurt me so badly

You've healed me so sweet

I’ve been waiting for you

I’ve been waiting for you all this time

Times been passing quicker

The lines been getting thinner

Between what I want

and what’s in front of me

Like the light that glinted off the river

Like the bloom that lifted the winter

I’ve been waiting for you

I’ve been waiting for you all this time

Now I’m looking outward

The sound of

Us has now turned

Into a sweetness

I won’t forget it

Like the light that glinted off the river

Like the bloom that lifted the winter

I’ve been waiting for you

I’ve been waiting for you all this time

Like the fruit that tempted

The sinner

Was it weakness

Or tenderness in her

I’ve been waiting for you

I’ve been waiting for you

All this time