I'll be mad at God for you
If he doesn't find you a wife
You're too kind to go without sharing your life
There's a stirring deep inside of me
But lips still stapled shut
Thunder and lightning far away from me
Yes, I'll find you a wife if it's the last thing I do

I'll find you a wife with brown eyes
That remind you of forest mountain trails and warm hot coco
I'll find you a wife whose dark curly hair is shiny and soft as the fluffiest clouds in the sky
I'll find you a wife whose thin hands are gentle and whose mind is kind
I'll find you a wife who makes you laugh so much your eyes crinkle and your stomach ache
I'll find you a wife who makes a perfect dark roast brew just for your coffee break
I'll find you a wife who knows how deep you love, and loves you back just as hard
You'll trust her with your life
She'll love you, the whole you, the good parts and your scars
I'll find you a wife who's everything you've been patiently waiting for

And when that someday approaches
8 long years have passed
And we live under the same stars, but miles and miles apart
I'll unstable my lips
Thunder will clap, lightning strikes back
and finally say, ..." and I think I still do"
So I'll be mad at God for you

It would be terrible if you found out
But I think you'd still talk to me after some time
You might already know
But the problem is you're too much of a gentlemen
To let me know that you know what I know about you
But they know
The people you know
And who's to stop their delicate pink folds of skin
Trap the sound vibrations inside their mouth
Before their warm breath fogs up the crisp air
The secret escaping

I'd be so easy for them to open wide
And let it out like a lightning strike
Shocking news of untold truth
It's okay
I'd understand
The temptation of gossip is hard to withstand

I could hardly keep it in myself
My blushes and laughs
Wanting to hang out at sunset
Like distant thunder claps getting closer and closer
Tempting the lightning to strike
Right here, the roof I am under

Meanwhile your eyes were on her
So how much of me you registered
I'm not so sure
But you're a kind gentleman
You'd never say
Instead, let it all fade away
With the breeze of a cool fall day

So, when we get coffee or lunch
Never dinner or brunch
I staple my mouth shut
Take no chances on weak lips
Leaking trembling heart vibrations
Someday, 8 years from now
Thunder will clap softly in the background
I'll let my lips speak freely
The truth crawling out
Covered by the dust of 10 years of memories
Thunder getting louder and louder now
"I was in love with you once, ..."
Lighting strikes
Burns this roof down
Deep breath, I pause
Let no more sound speak its cause
That's enough lightening for one day
Any more sound and the whole town will burn down
Once again I'll pull out my office supplies
That I once shoved in back corner of my mind
And staple my lips closed again
At least now he knows what I thought he knew
And what they knew
And what I knew since the day I saw you in the library room

Far off in a distance
Thunder claps again
Faint, but creeping ever closer
How soon will it be
Till lightning strikes another dismembered tree?

Your chapter still remains unwritten
Not because you’re forgotten
You come to mind too often
I just don’t want to share you yet
You’re the one I want to hold
on to for the longest

Not that I wear my heart on my sleeve
but locked away and keyed
How can I know that I can trust you with it?
That’ll make me believe than what you’re telling me?