Robbie Fulks

She Must Think I Like Poetry

Robbie Fulks


For every emotion 
She's got one she's hiding
She moves closer 
As though to reveal her mind
And she dances 
Like it'll rain inside me
Does she feel that strong?
Do I look so blind?

All the dreams 
She draws in colors 
Of the rainbow
All the soulfulness 
She's wasted on me
And by the vicious lies 
Her lips can't help but let go
She must think that I like poetry

On a high rope 
And suddenly thrown off balance
She reaches out into empty air
And for a moment 
An animal bares its talons
Oh my sweet sad love
What face won't you wear?

She only hears the words 
I never say
What's right in front of her 
Is only in her way
The sky that falls helplessly 
Through her hands
And the worlds 
That heaven won't let start
All the things that die 
And come apart
All the ground that she gains 
All the breath she's losing