Losing You -

You didn’t respond when I was calling your name

Didn’t mutter, didn’t sputter your mouth

Like you usually do

Just rain and rocks and sand and things

And other material possessions of meaning

You are the one I should be with to never get used

But now I’m losing you

To some sort of mess I can’t dual

What I feel I can’t do

Is to lose myself just to keep you

I thought I saw you in the diner

I thought I saw you in the smoke of the dusty fire

Heard your name being called in the lobby

Saw your name being placed on the marquee

When this town is just drunk enough

To have forgotten just where it woke up

The next morning when you follow your heart

Leave a light on to cancel the dark

'Cause when I’m losing you

All the stars seem so blue

The one thing I can’t do

Is to lose myself just to keep you

I could never have conjured you up under my hood

I could never have left you alone in the woods

I could never have been such a disgraceful son

But I was

But I’ll come back in a different way

And I’ll come back on a different day

But I’ll still see you in the same way

Yeah, I’ll still love you like I did that day

But you won’t love me the same