If Not Now When - Color Theory

In a little while

The lines will deepen on our faces

As the longest mile

Begins to circle home

Can’t help thinking that

We regulate our deepest feelings

Like a thermostat

To match our comfort zone

As we stand here toe to toe

If you kiss me now I’ll know

That our happiness is just a matter of permission

If not now when

It’s now or never

We’ve just one life to live together

So little time to stop and mourn

What might have been

If not now when

It’s now or never

All things must end

There’s no forever

So little time to stop and mourn

What might have been

If not now when

In a little while

Our world will crack in hairline traces

Like a crooked smile

A Mona Lisa grin

At the very end

I’ll liberate these inhibitions

But I can’t pretend

It’s easy to begin

Cause the devil that disturbs

Daring acts and candid words

Is the part of me that worries it’s too late to love you

Maybe on another day

Always something in the way

Now I realize that life is one long string of somethings