Alone Together

Bergman Marit

Sometimes it’s hard to find that perfect opening line 
when you’ve got too much on your mind 
how do I turn this into poetry 
I wanna say something about this strange dream that I 
dreamt 
where all around the world I went 
I tried to run and no one followed me 

Today I sat on your porch and waited for you to come 
home 
and the cars they drove along 
one by one in endless lines 
transporting papers, pills, and children back and forth 
from south to north 
a caravan of separates lives 

And then I felt how small we are oh 
then I felt how small we are oh 

Baby bay take me out 
tonight tonight the stars are bright 
the world is made of glass and ice and maybe soon it’ll 
all be shattered 
make me feel like I belong like I matter to someone 
and feel a little less alone come on let’s be alone 
together 

I’m thinking nobody will miss us when we’re gone 
well, for a while, but not for long 
people will sing without us listening 
and people will drink and laugh on sunny afternoons 
on those first sweet days of June 
before the northern wind start drifting in 
can you feel how small we are oh 
can you feel how small we are oh 

baby baby take me out tonight tonight the stars are 
bight 
and maybe maybe we’re not gonna matter more than this, 
not ever 
maybe maybe no one will ever find the traces we might 
leave behind 
but tonight I just don’t mind 
come on let’s be alone together 
can you feel how small we are 
don’t you know how small we are