An Echo

Somehow between us

The air became so thick

We couldn't reach

To the other

An insurmountable divider

And I clawed at my throat

Thinking Hera must've cursed me

I can't say the things I need to

I am just an echo

Bouncing off your forehead that's tilted

Down and to the right

You can't even look me in the eye

Ooh, ooh, ooh

And so we stay this way through Easter

As we drive up 35 in dark

To go visit my mother

At the prison in Topeka

She is asking

"What's the matter?"

As we stare into the vending machines

I can't say the things I need to

I am just an echo

Bouncing off the glass into our likeness

Whatever that is

Could someone look me in the eye?

Ooh, ooh, ooh

But then became the summer

When my hands appeared so useless

I felt like a little baby

And my pride evaporated

Like the water in a skillet

And you softened like some butter

We never said the things we need to

But an echo fades eventually

And this is such a likeness

That is what it is

You don't even need to look me in the eye

You don't even need to look me in the eye

You don't even need to look me in the eye

Ooh, ooh, ooh