Blooming beyond us like the promise of July

But for all he's worth
He still shatters always on her earth
The cause of every tear she'd ever weep

I feel as useful as dirt, unreal unearth

I remember the view, streetlights in the dark blue
The moment I knew I'd no choice but to love you

I think of loss and I can only think of you
I couldn't measure it

And it's worth it, it's divine
I have this some of the time

When I was kissing on my baby
And she put her love down soft and sweet
In the low lamp light I was free
Heaven and hell were words to me

So we're slaves to any semblance of touch
Lord we should quit but we love it too much

There is no sweeter innocence
Than our gentle sin

Be still, my foolish heart
Don't ruin this on me

If I was born as a blackthorn tree
I'd wanna be felled by you
Held by you
Fuel the pyre of your enemies

You and I burned out our steam
Chasing someone else's dream

When I was a man, I thought it ended
When I knew love's perfect ache
But my peace has always depended
On all the ashes in my wake

Once I had wondered what was holding up the ground
I can see that all along, love, it was you all the way down

My head was warm
My skin was soaked
I called your name 'til the fever broke

Planes and trains and cars
Carve their lines into a curve-like blades
All I get to are mistakes half-made

Baby, there's something wretched about this
Something so precious about this

Joy, disaster, come unbound here
I'll deny me none while I'm allowed
With all things above the ground

Carve their lines into a curve-like blades
All I get to are mistakes half-made

Happy to lie back watch it burn and rust
We tried the world, good God it wasn't for us

I wouldn't fall for someone I thought couldn't misbehave

One time we would want for nothing (one time we had it all, love)
We knew what our love was worth (when we had nothing)
Now we're always missing something (I miss when)
I miss when we did not need much

And I wish I could say
That the river of my arms have found the ocean

To share the space with simple living things
Infinitely suffering, but fighting off like all creation
The absence of itself, anyway

There's an art to life's distraction
Somehow escape the burning weight the art of scraping through

I'd no idea on what ground I was founded
All of that goodness is going with you now
Then when I met you, my virtues uncounted
All of my goodness is going with you now

Sit in and watch the sunlight fade
Honey, enjoy, it's gettin' late
There's no plan, there's no hand on the rein
As Mack explained, there will be darkness again

Her eyes look sharp and steady
Into the empty parts of me
Still my heart is heavy
With the hate of some other mans beliefs

Someone's frightened boy waves her on
She offers a mother's smile and soon she's gone

And the nights were as dark as my baby
And half as beautiful too