nofi

THE MOON -the microphones

i drove up to the city at night and found the place where you grew up and then where you stayed and we walked around and stayed up late under city lights
i spent the night next to you in the house where you grew up
next to you i miraculously woke up in your parent's house i lied in bed with you
i went back to feel alone there
i went back to wipe to wipe it clean
i took the lights and radio towers out of my dreams
and we went all the way up to the small town where i'm from
the foggy air and the wind and the mountain top
we clung to rocks and we looked off and you held my hand
you almost got to start feeling me
finally felt like i was breathing free
under swaying trees we fell asleep and we had the same dream
the stars were bright we dream the same every night
on my island home i spent some time with you
i went back to feel alone there
i went back there by myself
i gave up on everything that we had felt
we found a precious place in the sand
dry out in the wind
we lied under a blanket
and heard the furious sound
the roar of waves
the pounding surf
two bodies on the earth
it was intense just getting to be there
next to you
and you were trying to get me then
and i was happy to let you in
i went back and wished i hadn't
i went back and felt regret
i went to the beach and i just stared west
and every night when the sun went down
in the town where we lived
the empty streets were lit by reflected light
from the distant sun bouncing off a glowing ball of rock
and we just lied on the roof and watched
the moon the moon
the blue light of the moon
we didn't talk and silently we both felt powerful
and like the moon my chest was full
cause we both new just floating in space under molten rock
and we felt safe and we discovered that our skin is soft
there's nothing left except certain death and that was comforting at night out under the moon
i went out last night to forget that
i went out and stared it down
but the moon just stared back at me
and in it's light i saw my two feet on the ground