Strong is the rain that flows
From these city towers to the country roads
Home is where I scraped my knees
As a child, and how I miss my smile
How I miss my smile

Well, I found you late one night
We were both up craving the sunlight
You had too much on your mind
And I had too much on mine
I have too much on my mind

May I rest my heavy heart in your hands?
You seem like you just might understand
Oh, do you understand

Easy come is easy go
And most of it is just for show
You and I know very well
Sorrow is sewn into the seams of those lies,
Every little lie

I don’t have to tell you this
I know from the way you kiss
Sometimes love is hard to find
And I can see the aching in your eyes
The aching in your eyes

May I rest my heavy heart in your hands?
You seem like you just might, you just might understand
Oh, do you understand

Oh…

May I rest my heavy heart in your hands?
May I rest my heavy heart in your hands?

Well I’m coming westward to follow you home
I need to unwind, I need a little warmth
Crawl under covers with the comfort of a child
Can I cry in your arms?
I don’t want to admit it,
But I think I write kisses into all of my songs, all of my songs, all of my songs

I sit in the city sirens, people are fighting to be free
They ask me,
“Say in this concrete cage, have you found love in the masquerade?
And if you do, can you send some to me?
Me me me…me me me…”

The night turns blue with grief, I don’t think I can sleep alone
I’ve seen 3AM without you too many times before
I’ll forgive all the time that we waited, the time we wasted being wise
If you take me westward and I wake up at your side

Westward, westward, I didn’t say a word
Westward, westward, I didn’t say a word, oh no
Westward, westward, I didn’t say a word, no
Westward, westward, I didn’t say a word

The bricks held my feet
As my heart danced through the streets
Our reflections in canals of murky green

Every corner had its eyes
They were whispering and disguised
Begging me to come a little closer

But now all that’s left
Is your smoldering cigarette
Wedged with all the other others in the cobblestones

And life drips on by…

Left my coat at the hotel
Didn’t think that I’d need it
But we stayed out late exploring
All the alleyways
If there’s one thing about you
It’s the way your eyes pull me around every corner

Got a table at a cafe
Sat outside right on the street
But we just talked and talked
We didn’t even eat
If there’s one thing about you
It’s the way you laugh between your words

And it was quite alright
And it was fine oh fine
Until I remember that I have to go home at one point or another
And it was quite alright
And it was fine oh fine
Until I realize that when we part we probably won’t even bother to call each other
‘Cause if there’s one thing about us
It’s the way we are in this moment

He said, slow down, darling
Why are you always rushing around?
What can I do to help you just sit down?

And let the time pass by
Let the time pass by
Let the time pass by (x2)

I’m a little bit greedy for everyone’s memories
I ask, can I have some of yours?
And maybe sing about them, please?
If there’s one thing about you,
It’s the way I want to keep you in the back of my mind all the time

And it was quite alright
And it was fine oh fine
Until I remember that I have to go home at one point or another
And it was quite alright
And it was fine oh fine
Until I realize that when we part we probably won’t even bother to call each other
‘Cause if there’s one thing about us
It’s the way we are in this moment

We let the time pass by
Let the time pass by
Let the time pass by

Let the time pass by
I don’t want to let the time pass by
Just let the time pass by

But if there’s one thing I’ll remember
It’s the way we are in this moment

A golden hue washes over you
And turns your lilac shirt brown
With the colors confused
It’s easy to amuse your imagination

The dragonflies harmonize
As your eyes softly observe
There’s so much to say
But your hands carve away at my senses

You’re so lonely
But I’m lonely too
So we savor the emptiness
It’s all we can do
And disregard what we convince ourselves of
I’m no better than the others
I still listen to your voice for comfort

You strum the stars
We’re pretending they’re ours
The moon is just out of reach
If it’s any consolation for your soul
You’ve been my best muse so far

I never knew you as an innocent child
Though I catch glimpses every once and a while
But I guess you’re all grown up now ’cause
You speak and you dress like a man and you scowl like one too

You’re so lonely
But I’m lonely too
So we savor the emptiness
It’s all we can do
And disregard what/all we convince ourselves of
I’m no better than the others
I still listen to your voice for comfort

Sing me to sleep and sing me to sadness
Promises are peculiar habits but
I’m sure I’ll see you some time (x2)

You’re so lonely
But I’m lonely too
So we savor the emptiness
It’s all we can do
And disregard what we convince ourselves of
I’m no better than the others
I still listen to your voice for comfort

I listen to your voice for comfort…

It’s all I can do

Passing through the station
Where I met you
Where the trains make a sound
Like a beating heart

The hotel where I stayed
Marked me with its scent
I tried to wash it from my hair the night I left
But it lingered on

Please, please
Can you replace my solemn days?
And please, please
Let me pull you out of your stubborn ways

Watching colors fade
And your eyes grow hazy
Now I’m running after
Pieces of your broken heart just slip away
And flutter out of reach

oh, oh, oh, oh, oh…

Ticking little clocks just count the minutes
They don’t tell me what to say
To say to you
To understand
Or to ease the pain away

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh…

Breakfast at a cafe
Where I burned my tongue on coffee
And you cried into scrambled eggs

I thought you might be angry
That I changed
But anger fades
Could I convince you to still come with me?

Let’s pay the check
And get on with the day
Oh you’ll pack your worries in my suitcase
And we’ll board the train
And start to roll away
From that station where I met you
But I’m not leaving you today

Oh, so, please, please
Can you replace my solemn days?
And please, please
Let me pull you out of your stubborn ways

Watching colors fade
And your eyes grow hazy
And now I’m running after pieces of your broken heart just slip away
And I don’t know, and I don’t know,
I don’t know what to say
Don’t know what to say
Don’t know what to say
What to say…

Looking out on rolling hills, a catalog of green
Apple orchard, where we’d hide among the trees
But I can’t find you, could you come out now, please?
‘Cause it’s getting dark, and the cold wind is starting to seep
Under our skin, ohheyy

You traded in the countryside for concrete city castles
But I wish you wouldn’t give in to all of their asking
For a pretty boy, a pretty boy

If you show up to the show
Could you let me know where you’re sitting?
‘Cause I want to sing to you
Like I do when no one’s listening

I visited your avenues, so foreign to my fireflies
And your friends were all too willing to never compromise
Whether from fear, or pride
I do not know

Little by little as gray smothers the green
Am I wrong to assume that I’m fading from your dreams?
I fade from your dreams, from your dreams

If you show up to the show…
If you show up to the show…
If you show up to the show
Could you let me know where you’re sitting?
‘Cause I want to sing to you
Like I do when no one’s listening