There I was again tonight
Forcing laughter, faking smiles
Same old tired, lonely place
Walls of insincerity
Shifting eyes and vacancy
Vanished when I saw your face
All I can say is it was enchanting to meet you
Your eyes whispered ‘have we met?’
Crossed the room, your silhouette
Starts to make its way to me
The playful conversation starts
Counter all your quick remarks
Like passing notes in secrecy
And it was enchanting to meet you
All I can say is I was enchanted to meet you
This night is sparkling
Don’t you let it go
I’m wonderstruck
Blushing all the way home
I’ll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you
I can’t get enough.
This song I must have listened to a dozen times today. It reminds me of being a little girl. It reminds me of The Sand Lot. It reminds me of you. The first time I kissed you, when the fireworks went off in the back ground, I am fairly certain this song was playing as well.
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
I am so in love with this song. It feels like I wrote it… it’s always odd to me how music can soak itself into your bones… but more than that it soaks into your soul, that part of you that isn’t really made of anything solid… and it consumes.
