Persistent Optimism

I opened my eyes last night and saw you in the low light
Walking down by the bay, on the shore, staring up at the planes that aren’t there anymore

I was feeling the night grow old and you were looking so cold
like an introvert, I drew my over shirt
Around my arms and began to shiver violently, before
You happened to look and see the tunnels all around me
Running into the dark underground
All the subways around create a great sound
To my motion fatigue: farewell
With your ear to a seashell
You can hear the waves in underwater caves
As if you actually were inside a saltwater room

Time together is just never quite enough
When you and I are alone, I’ve never felt so at home
What will it take to make or break this hint of love?
Only time, only time
When we’re apart whatever are you thinking of?
If this is what I call home, why does it feel so alone?
So tell me darling, do you wish we’d fall in love?
All the time, all the time.

Can you believe that the crew has gone and they wouldn’t let me sign on
All my islands have sunk in the deep, so I can hardly relax or even oversleep
But I feel warm with your hand, in mine, when we walk along the shoreline
I guess we’ll never know why sparrows love the snow
We’ll turn out all of the lights and set this ballroom aglow

So tell me darling, do you wish we’d fall in love?
Yea, All the time.
All the time.

Time together is just never quite enough
When you and I are alone, I’ve never felt so at home
What will it take to make or break this hint of love?
Only time, only time
When we’re apart whatever are you thinking of?
If this is what I call home, why does it feel so alone?
So tell me darling, do you wish we’d fall in love?
All the time, all the time.

Time together is just never quite enough
When we’re apart whatever are you thinking of?
What will it take to make or break this hint of love?
So tell me darling, do you wish we’d fall in love?
All the time

Oh, All the time

I met a girl and it was easy to see
That she was falling hard for me
That girl
She wanted me to know
And by the time the night was ready to end
She grabbed a hold of both my hands
That girl
She wouldn’t let me go
And now I’m singing
Do do do you wanna be on top
Or on the
Ba ba bottom don’t make me stop
Cause I know oh oh
I’m in la la love with you girl
I can’t stop singing
Do do do you wanna spend the night
And wake uh uh up
Under the morning light
Cause I know oh oh
I’m in la la love with you girl
I really thought that she was taking it slow
When she asked me to take her home
That girl
Kept giving me the eye
I said goodnight we traded numbers and stares
But she said “you’re not going anywhere”
That girl
She made me come inside
And now I’m singing

Here’s another day, she waits and pulls herself away. At just the right moment to save her face. I watch the time go ticking down, the water falling on the ground. I catch myself and try to speak with grace. You needed just enough anger, to get you through the door and you got just enough honesty, to make you want a little more…

I wish for nothing but the rain, to fall and wash away everything that I’ve done wrong, find a way to make you strong….
if only for another day