I walked through the door with you The air was cold But somethin bout it felt like home somehow And I left my scarf there at your sisterās house And youāve still got it in your drawer even now Oh your sweet disposition, and my wide eyed gaze Weāre singing in the car getting lost upstate Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place And I can picture it after all these days And I know itās long gone and that magicās not here no more And I might be ok but Iām not fine at allā¦
Cause there we are again on that Little town street You almost ran the red Cause you were looking over at me Wind in my hair, I was there I remember it all too well
Photo album on the counter Your cheeks were turning red You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-sized bed And your motherās telling stories bout you on the tee ball team You taught me bout your past Thinkin your future was me And you were tossing me the car keys āF*** the patriarchyā keychain on the ground We were always skipping town And I was thinking on the drive down Any time now, heās gonna say itās love You never called it what it was til we were dead and gone and buried Check the pulse and come back Swearing itās the same, after 3 months in the grave And then you wondered where it went to As I reached for you but All I felt was shame And you held my lifeless frame And I know itās long gone and There was nothing else I could do And I forget about you long enough To forget why I needed toā¦
Cause there we are again in the middle of the night Weāre dancin round the kitchen in the refrigerator light Down the stairs, I was there I remember it all too wellā¦ And there we are again When nobody had to know You kept me like a secret But I kept you like an oath Sacred prayer and weād swear to remember it all too well
Well maybe we got lost in translation Maybe I asked for too much But maybe this thing was a masterpiece Til you tore it all up Running scared, I was there I remember it all too well And you call me up again Just to break me like a promise So casually cruel in the name of being honest Iām a crumpled up piece of paper lying here Cause I remember it all, all, all They say allās well that ends well But Iām in a new hell every time You double-cross my mind You said if we had been closer in age Maybe it would have been fine And that made me want to die.
The idea you had of me Who was she? A never-needy, ever lovely jewel Whose shine reflects on you Not weeping in a party bathroom Some actress asking me what happened You. Thatās what happened: You. You, who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokes Sipping coffee like you were on a late night show But then he watched me watch the front door all night, willing you to come And he said, āitās supposed to be funā¦ Turning 21ā
Time wonāt fly Itās like Iām paralyzed by it Iād like to be my old self again But Iām still trying to find it After plaid shirt days And nights when you made me your own Now you mail back my things And I walk home alone But you keep my old scarf From that very first week Cause it reminds you of innocence, and it smells like me You canāt get rid of it Cause you remember it all too well
Cause there we are again when I loved you so Back before you lost the one real thing Youāve ever known It was rare, I was there I remember it all too well Wind in my hair, you were there You remember it all Down the stairs, you were there You remember it all It was rare, I was there I remember it all too well
And I was never good at telling jokes But the punchline goes: āIāll get older, but your lovers stay my ageā From when your Brooklyn broke my skin and bones Iām a soldier whoās returning half her weight And did the twin flame bruise paint you blue? Just between us, did the love affair maim you too? Cause in this cityās barren cold I still remember the first fall of snow And how it glistened as it fell I remember it all too well
Just between us did the love affair maim you All too well Just between us, do you remember it All too well Just between us, I remember it all too well
Wind in my hair I was there, I was there Down the stairs, I was there I was there Sacred prayer I was there, I was there It was rare, you remember it All too well
