Two By Two

 

time it was on the frozen ground/ my feet fell down without a sound/ now spring has come & love is young/ but for me it was never found/ & everywhere I see even numbers/ chairs & tables just big enough for two/ while in my body the seed still slumbers/ awaiting somebody new.

 

now you tell me not to grieve/ I’ll find someone who will not leave/ cause I’m so clever he’ll stay forever/ you don’t know why I don’t believe/ well maybe if your deeds matched your speaking/ the way your necktie matched her shoes/ I’d have some hope for what I’m seeking/ & march with you, two by two.

 

(chorus)  I make you laugh until you choke/ I suck up & say please/ as you lie braided in her body/ I sleep alone & freeze/ will I remain the eternal brother/ when even animals find each other?/ they shelter one another like lovers do/ I watch them go by, two by two.

 

she came half naked to the door/ I’d never felt so alone before/ my eyes went in to see your sin/ although I’d sworn not to want you anymore/ but all I can do is guilty spying/ on a life I thought I knew/ & you dare to ask me why I’m crying/ then blow by me, two by two.  (chorus)

 

seven years I’ve lived like this/ in the memory of just one kiss/ & one who didn’t desert me but only hurt me/ you couldn’t know how much I’ve missed/ I’m always smiling, I’m never hating/ I’m always overcompensating/ I give too little, I give too much/ I live for the simplest touch/ & you caress like propaganda/ your every breath a tender slander/ where all I feel’s forever banned/ there’s more to me than meets your hand/ there’s more to me/ there’s more to me/ there’s more to me...

 

there I stood the other day/ you held her tight & down you lay/ all my half-assed schemes, my collision dreams/ & like a car wreck I couldn’t look away/ I’m Switzerland neutral in every war/ but on my borders you still came through/ & made me want this even more/ as you walked away, two by two.  (chorus)

 

Copyright (c) 2001 by Beth Kinderman.  This is my original work, so please respect it.

 

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