Unresponsive Ears

Army Navy

Do you remember 
Losing our minds 
On the urgency of being alive 
And we shuddered at the frozen time 
That scared us to death 

There was movement in the dark 
In the courtyard under the arc 
And one day when we turn to dust 
We'll see who's there 

I recall it in my palm 
A photo of a poison hall 
And a naked woman's careful charm 
And? 

Sweet to sour 
She's the same 
By buckets of a quizzical rain 
And these unresponsive ears could hear them say "We'll stay." 

And that's when we know 
I will be all right 
The words that we spoke 
Kept me up every night 

And that's when we know 
What is in sight 
You are forever 
And all the treasure 

Constant comment slipping down inside my stomach 
Ghosts of proud little girls 
Since we smelled it 
I fought it in my head to end it 
Streets sweep go on and on 

I feel like dreaming 
Somehow I can't fight this feeling 
Sleeping, waiting it out 

And that's when we know 
I will be all right 
The words that we spoke 
Kept me up every night 

And that's when we know 
That is in sight 
You are forever 
Now now now forever