Birdhouse

You pull me in

A bit too close for comfort

My body doesn't know you

But my mind pretends it does

And we make jokes about the movie

I feed you my pad Thai

But in my heart you're still a stranger

I don't want to spend the night

Sunday morning and my head hurts from that wine

You surround me with affection that feels mostly like a lie

But I'll buy it like a knockoff that I know will wear with time

The label's fake but it took effort to sew on

So isn't that fine

Can we craft love like a sculpture

Make it sturdy and reliable?

Can we fold love like an airplane

Throw it further than we know how to go

Can we build love like a birdhouse

Small and safe and so predictable

Is it love that we are after

Or just something we can control

Three weeks of dinner and we're running out of lines

Cuddling isn't very natural but it's nice to be entwined

You know I like sharing entrees

I know you're always on time

We've got a decent thing here going if the moments weren't so dry

But let's focus on the positive

Like your manners are nice

And an arm feels good around me

And I think that you like mine

Let us fill what we need filling

There's no need to be surprised

You can't find it all in one

Isn't it selfish to even try

'Cause if we craft love like a sculpture

Make it sturdy and reliable

If we fold love like an airplane

Throw it further than we know how to go

If we build love like a birdhouse

Small and safe and so predictable

Is it love that we are after

Or just something we can control

But if we craft love like a sculpture

Make it sturdy and reliable

If we fold love like an airplane

Throw it further than we know how to go

If we build love like a birdhouse

Small and safe and so predictable

Is it love that we are after

Or just something we can control

'Cause if we throw it all together

If we keep it nice and close

If you listen to my problems

And I giggle at your jokes

If we make it nice and pretty

Though it's hollow like a ghost

Will it be love

Or close enough