Two Seconds in the Sun

You've never been easy

To reason with, and I

Get uneasy if you're quiet for long

Whenever you leave me

You sing like a canary

And tend to get it terribly wrong

I'd close your mouth with a kiss

But you shoot it off like you wish it were a gun

And since the wind won't blow it shut

I wish somebody'd sew a button to your tongue

We spent two seconds in the sun

While it set, and then the sky

Turned black or blue

I don't remember it

The way you remember

And I'm never going to

If I could light a flame

To burn away the rest of me that's left in you

You'd think I meant to keep you warm like before

Assuming I still love you too

I'm not so sure I do

You've carried the old days

For long enough already

Well, aren't they getting heavy to hold?

But you want it both ways

One life for taking photos

And one you'd never show to a soul

What further grace did you need

When I left you basically bleeding in your room?

If you've not sweat if off by now

You'd be far better off

Just howling at the moon

We spent two seconds in the sun

While it set, and then the sky

Turned black or blue

I don't remember it

The way you remember

And I'm never going to

If I could light a flame

To burn away the rest of me that's left in you

You'd think I meant to keep you warm like before

Assuming I still love you too

I'm not so sure I do

You need a place to believe in

I left you basically bleeding in your room

We spent two seconds in the sun

While it set, and then the sky

Turned black or blue

I don't remember it

The way you remember

And I'm never going to

If I could light a flame

To burn away the rest of me that's left in you