Lay Around

When I found this

My language in a way

I began to speak

And my soul was free

On a gust of inspiration

She was soaring over the walls built with shame

And self doubt, and a midnight curfew

A form I had not yet seen engulfed me

I was standing on the deck

In the rain listening to jazz

Smoking a reefer cigarette

And I swear I swear

I didn't think of you once

But I thought maybe

Love is what you've been missing

'Cause love is not what you've been giving

Maybe getting is all you've known till now

Or maybe you've forgotten how

He said, "Do you write for you or other people?"

I said, "Other people"

I said, "I want them to see the beauty

That I can but just can not seem to touch,

Which is only a metaphor for all of us."

I said, "I think I'm trying to capture a moment

I think my whole life I've been trying

To capture that moment"

He said, "one thing you can be sure of

Is that you never will"

I thought maybe

Love is what I've been missing

'Cause love is not what I've been giving

Maybe getting is all I've known till now

Or maybe I never even learned how

"Lets try and keep things out

Of the space that divides"

You said, "The cracks between where we lie"

And we lie around so much

We lie around, yes we lie around

We lie around, we just lay around the truth

So much

Until you are

Getting, getting, getting, getting, going, gone

You are

Getting, getting, getting, getting, going, gone

You are

Getting, getting, getting, getting, going, gone

You are

For your love, for your love, for your love

'Cause I don't want to wait today for your love

No, no, no, no

I don't want to wait today for your love