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…
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…
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