i pulled the pages out of books just to catch my breath i kissed every girl i knew and then i dreamed a dance of death i was thunder against water as i thrashed around the room i knew the sunset when i saw it shared my visions with the moon my letters turn like hurricanes in notebooks filled with coffee stains swaying with the record player never growing old again and if i write a seasick waltz or disappear to shopping malls take refuge from the wind and rain and we could find our way to fall stardust fools and nonsense some things i want to say to you we meant all the things we said back then some promises fall through and when we came in from the wilderness and when we stayed awake all night i was the prayer inside a moving car i was the last electric light if i commit the perfect crime make little sounds from broken chimes repeating in a feedback loop to say your name a million times and if i write a melody of ashes in infinity and count the space between the stars then theres a place for you and me but in between the weeks and days we stumble and we lose our way unravel from the inside out and lose the things we dream about my letters turn like hurricanes in notebooks filled with coffee stains swaying with the record player never growing old again and if i write a seasick waltz or disappear to shopping malls take refuge from the wind and rain and we could find our way to fall