capable (demo)

looking in the mouth of your river 
trying to figure out if i shivered 
or if you struck a nerve 

you kissed me in that way you've done 
only twice, freezing the lake 
that runs right into you 
i run right into you 

how can i be here, can i be here
all at once?
i eat your dinner from your plate
and i do not sleep
i just listen to you breathe
i wish you could be here, you could be here
all at once 
blinking along, it's getting late 
and you rush to sleep
i'll just listen to you breathe 

i think that you do not love me 
i read it in your coffee grounds 
and there's nothing i can do 
no, there's nothing i can do 
and there's not much i can say

am i diving off too early
off of this ledge i grip so surely?
i can only hope you're there
to catch me in the air 
i can only hope i fall 

and how can i be here, can i be here
all at once?
i eat your dinner from your plate
and i do not sleep
i just listen to you breathe
i wish you could be here, you could be here
all at once 
blinking along, it's getting late 
and you rush to sleep 
i'll just listen to you breathe

dinner (demo)

do i have to look inside this box?
or is knowing it's a gift enough?

do i have to say this thought aloud?
or is knowing it feels good enough?

can i walk us off this cliff?
do i have to call this box a gift?
or is knowing it's from you enough?
to know that it's from you, lover

naked, feel the weight i put on
lets make it last another season 
i long to take something from you
enough to make something with you, lover 

do i have to look inside this box?
or is knowing it's a gift enough?
is knowing it's a gift enough?

gift (draft)

i will bring you coffee and wine 
to help you sleep, are you eating fine?
you sit back, i'll tug the line
i'll catch the fish 
i'll pour the brine 

oh, oh, look at us go
oh, packing down snow 
oh, oh, look at us go

fold that napkin into a dove 
name it chance, call it love
i can't tell you anything other 
than what i know
and what needs a glove

oh, oh, look at us go
oh, packing down snow 
in the future
i'm too sure to know
it's all in the future 
too sure to know 

you look left, i look right
you sign to turn, your write on my thigh
back home, mark me up. i'll get the light
scribble the dark
learn how to die 

oh, oh, look at us go
oh, closing the show
in the future
i'm too sure to know 
it's all in the future 
too sure to know 

oh, oh, look at us go
oh, closing the show
in the future
i'm too sure to know 
it's all in the future 
too sure to know

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