white square

I’m hanging clothes up out to dry on the lines that I’ve written in my mind

Of all the things I’d say if I had more time

If only I had realized

That without you, what do I do?

Now that answer’s hard to find.

It’s been so long since you’ve been gone.

It’s still the same way after all this time.

You’re the white square on the wall when the pictures come down,

You’re the one who breaks my fall even when you’re not around,

You’re the calm before the storm, and you’re every black cloud,

You are… you are… you are… you are…

And I can’t get rid of you

But I’m not sure if I want to

And I’m drowning in the space between us two

Between me and you there’s a thousand shades of blue.

And though the tide recedes, it always leaves an outline of the sea

That it comes back to eventually

And you’re the same for me.

You’re the echo in the hall when I’m walking alone,

You’re every missed call left on my phone,

You’re a place I never saw, and you’re home,

You are… you are… you are… you are…

And I can’t get rid of you

And I’m not sure if I want to

And I’m drowning in the space between us two

Between me and you there’s a thousand shades of blue

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I am the daisy in the ground - you’ll pick me out to make your crown

I am the sparrow in the sky – you’ll think of me all of the time

When you are a thousand shades of blue