The way I would take, say,
Contraband
Something I'm not allowed to have
But best administered in small doses
Not even on a regular basis
Drawn to you, like faint, bright lights on a dark night
Blinking at the far end of the road
Waiting, but
I'm not even sure if they're real
I'd take you all in
Clear waters I would drown myself in
And never having to come up for air
I'd rather breathe you in
Sweet familiar scent of 3am walking around the city,
Endless 2am rooftop conversations,
And the 4am anticipation of sunrises
In last night's clothes of drinks and dancing
To the music of our laughter filling the air and
Shots of attraction that burned our throats,
Quenched our thirst
But left us still
So parched and wanting more
Than electric shocks of desire quickly coursing through our veins
Giving me nostalgic chills twenty years down the road
In tomorrows we won't share
Because we'd rather fall off cliffs now and
Dance around the inevitable
Tonight
And all those nights
As we break free of all our memories
The photographs, little notes in library books, restaurant receipts, and movie tickets
All the little snippets of all those moments
We'll always have
But can never take to
Tomorrow and
All the way down that road
So here we'll part
Sometime
When you're lost
In another long story you're recalling
In great detail, for my sake
I'll take a left
And you won't even see me disappear
Hey,
I'll tell myself
Over
And over
Again
At least I get to keep you
In the faintest of afterglows.
Jul 30, 2014
Jul 30, 2014 at 1:19 PM UTC
The way I would take, say,
Contraband
Something I'm not allowed to have
But best administered in small doses
Not even on a regular basis
Drawn to you, like faint, bright lights on a dark night
Blinking at the far end of the road
Waiting, but
I'm not even sure if they're real
I'd take you all in
Clear waters I would drown myself in
And never having to come up for air
I'd rather breathe you in
Sweet familiar scent of 3am walking around the city,
Endless 2am rooftop conversations,
And the 4am anticipation of sunrises
In last night's clothes of drinks and dancing
To the music of our laughter filling the air and
Shots of attraction that burned our throats,
Quenched our thirst
But left us still
So parched and wanting more
Than electric shocks of desire quickly coursing through our veins
Giving me nostalgic chills twenty years down the road
In tomorrows we won't share
Because we'd rather fall off cliffs now and
Dance around the inevitable
Tonight
And all those nights
As we break free of all our memories
The photographs, little notes in library books, restaurant receipts, and movie tickets
All the little snippets of all those moments
We'll always have
But can never take to
Tomorrow and
All the way down that road
So here we'll part
Sometime
When you're lost
In another long story you're recalling
In great detail, for my sake
I'll take a left
And you won't even see me disappear
Hey,
I'll tell myself
Over
And over
Again
At least I get to keep you
In the faintest of afterglows.
