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The Moon by The Microphones... absolutely perfect in my eyes
I drove up to the city at night and found the place where you grew up
and then where you stayed
and we walked around and stayed up late
under city lights, I spent the night
next to you in the house where you grew up
next to you, I miraculously woke up
in your parents' house, I lied in bed with you
I went back to feel alone there
I went back to wipe it clean
I took the lights and radio towers out of my dreams
and we went all the way up to the small town where I'm from
with foggy air and the wind and the mountain top
and we clung to rocks and we looked off and you held my hand
you almost got to start feeling me
I finally felt like I was breathing free
under swaying trees, we fell asleep and we had the same dream
the stars were bright, we dream the same every night
on my island home, I spent some time with you
I went back to feel alone there
I went back there by myself
I gave up on everything that we had felt
we found a precious place in the sand right out in the wind
and we lied under a blanket and heard the furious sounds:
the roar of waves, the pounding surf, two bodies on the earth
it was intense just getting to be there next to you
and you trying to get me then
and I was happy to let you in
I went back and wished I hadn't
I went back and felt regret
I went to the beach and I stared west
every night when the sun went down in the town where we lived
the empty streets were lit up by reflected light
from a distant sun bouncing off a glowing ball of rock
and we just lied on the roof and watched
the moon, the moon, the blue light of the moon
we didn't talk and silently we both felt powerful
and like the moon my chest was full
because we both knew we're just floating in space over molten rock
and we felt safe and we discovered that our skin is soft
there's nothing left except certain death
and that was comforting at night out under the moon
I went out last night to forget that
I went out and stared it down
but the moon stared back at me
and in it's light I saw my two feet on the ground
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