1.
i know how                                 to feel joy when you feel blessed
                                                      to love you from this side of my LA fence
i knew how                                 to fall in love with you
                                                      to over-use my grin with you

i don't know how                       to be in love with you

2.**                                        
i know that falling in love means                         you like it when they call
                                                            ­                                  and then you're all
                         c           u         h                
                               a           g          t          u p....

i know that falling in love means                     specialized tic tac valentines
                                                      ­                        customized tactical be mine's
                                                          ­                                     and then you're not
                                                      ~so tough~

3.
i know that love is                                              breakfast in bed, and coaxing  
                                                       ­           the bad thoughts out of your head....
                                                        ­       sending them somewhere else instead
i know that love is                                                            lay­ing yourself down
                                                            ­                                                  finding rest
                                                            ­        ....not treating everything like a test

4.
and i know that   the fact that    i keep tripping over and into your shadow
                                                        &  re-attaching it to your feet so
                                                         you don't feel so alone,
                                                         has left me in the dark                  
falling in love was easy
because it's exactly that
falling                                          in the name of "us"
flailing                                         in the name of........whatever gets you off

             (losing your balance is easy when you forget to hold yourself)

5.
                                  i am guilty of being especially curious
                              so i hopped on over to your side of the fence,
                                       and i didn't feel "that togetherness"
                              ......isn't that part supposed to be the best?

6
                                              so, i just don't know how                                                                                        to be in love with you