Five and Thirty - Laura Gibson

Were we leaving or arriving

When we were waving from the shore?

Dragging our futures behind us

Until they’re too heavy to pull

And now I’ll cross another river

Wade beneath a different bridge

Find I’m still chasing your shadow

Calling, «Swim back, oh, swim back to me.»

Here we find ourselves over our heads

Five and thirty years, covered in dust

Who we were to believe we could say

Anything new of love?

I thread myself right through your sorrow

Cleared a place for light to fall

You drew a new face on my body

You tell me I terrify you

Here we find ourselves over our heads

Lives we pulled from the charity box

Seems you loved me the most when I said

«Love is impossible.»

So love me, don’t let me grow crooked

Sell me out or send me home

I’ll let you break me wide open

I’ll burn all of my shame for fuel