Even though I'm the one who's going soon,
it feels like you're the one leaving
I can feel you pulling away and I think
it's too soon to miss me but you already do

Four months are not that long and I know
it doesn't mean that much to you
Four years ago I thought I would never
feel like this again but I already do.

I guess it's nice to have someone to miss
but I don't want nice. I don't want to
leave you again, I don't ever want to leave
you please come with me I love you.

I see you in my dreams every full moon,
Your eyes black, hair dark, skin golden,
Lifting out a hand for me to take.

I see your smile but know it's illusion,
Dismissing your needs for affection,
Waving you away with a flourish.

You refuse to leave, remain to haunt
This house like a ghost, but never silent--
Every night in my ear, a whisper of your regrets.

And within my dream, I dream
And fantasize about taking a guitar string
From my guitar that you said you'd fix.

I walk up behind you as you stare
At our beautiful reflection in the mirror,
And pull that silver string around your neck.

But ghosts can walk free,
Those invisible people who inflict scores of pain,
Memories too much for one to bear

Yet I feel nothing.

I want to live in your veins beneath your skin
I want to tangle myself up in your life
I want to feel all your pain, sweet pain
I want to share in your light (when it burns)
I know you’re weak right now
I don’t want to take up your time
But I have to find you tonight
and make you mine, all mine
Let the rush flow through you
Write your memories down on my skin,
on my skin
Tell me that you love me too
Pull me deeper, pull me in (to you)

I turned around
and let it go
I was following the cold
With a bright red scarf
tied around my throat
Looking for safety in the white snow
I left the salty sun behind
along with the new flowers of spring
And I raced towards the shade,
and the icy winds that blow,
with arms open wide.
A shiver is a happy thing,
it means I'm going home
The cold never bothers me
I dance because I can
and I sing as I go.

I want to.
Today, I want to.
But tomorrow the sun will rise and change my mind
And I don't like regrets.

Maybe by summertime, I'll still want to.
Today, I want to.
But in the summer the days will be longer and you'll change your mind
And it will be too late by then.

If I knew that it wouldn't change things
If I knew that I would still be the same
I would want to.
But I can't.

I am no longer a mermaid.
Once upon a time I swam in the sea
And watched relationships sail past.
I saw lovers on land and I wished
to be part of that world.

I am no longer a mermaid.
I cast off my scales and my tail
And I gave up my voice
For no man, but for me
And I grew legs, long and lean and strong.

I am no longer a mermaid.
I grew a mane and a tail
And I set off into the wild
And I ran for so long that
My feet grew hooves.

I am a stallion.
I run free and solitary
I do not see the ocean any more
I see no people, no ships, no lovers.
I am free.