you tell me not to worry,
but you tell me you’re worried, too.
I’ve been told not to worry
but it just keeps seeping through

spilling over into the notes I take
your name skims across the page
I find you around corners I turn
I won’t stop making the same mistakes

And if I woke up tomorrow
and your last breath has been taken
I wonder if I’ll know before I open my eyes
I’ve dreamed it and been forsaken

I cheat and confine my mind
the song ends and I press rewind
muted stars make me lose track of time
you ask me if that’s the kind of sadness I feel
and I whisper, no, it’s another kind

the tile is cold on my bare feet
as I steel away the noises in the night
I wait for the one sound I want to hear
but before I do, I’ll lose my sense of sight

Eyelashes fall and flutter down
carrying tears of dreams
more fulfilling words fit into one day
or your love over years in steady streams

the relief of a quite note in music
when your ears have been waiting for the loud
I’d sneak in that empty space next to you
rap me in your arms without a sound

I cheat and confine my mind
the song ends and I press rewind
muted stars make me lose track of time
you ask me if that’s the kind of sadness I feel
and I whisper, no, it’s another kind

no matter how far apart I spread my arms
or how loud my voice can go
it won’t express the sweet, quiet surrender
I feel when you walk through the door

I cheat and confine my mind
the song ends and I press rewind
muted stars make me lose track of time
you ask me if that’s the kind of sadness I feel
and I whisper, no, it’s another kind