If I Were Mercury

Been drinking on the east side Been drinking on the west side Slept under the Hollywood sign and all I can do Drown in my sorrows Try again tomorrow Only time will clear this static electricity If I were Mercury I'd be in retrograde Let's just go backward Faster and faster, before I forget Of all the galaxies That I find you here with me Heightens this moment, you pull me in close For once, I believe Been sleeping on the left side Been sleeping on the right I know now is not the time to say all I need to Busy in a dark mind Running through each lifeline Tired of listening in the night for sounds of violence If I were Mercury I'd be in retrograde Let's just go backward Faster and faster, before I forget Of all the galaxies That I find you here with me Heightens this moment, you pull me in close For once, I believe Oh, this constant interference Doesn't care about your feelings Doesn't even care 'bout what you've been wishing We could meet and talk it over I'd say the wrong things, touch your shoulder You'd pull away and I'd spin out to space If I were Mercury And I were in retrograde I'd just go backward Faster and faster to the beginning Of all the galaxies That I find you here with me Heightens this moment, just pull me in close For once, I believe If I were Mercury I'd be in retrograde Let's just go backward Faster and faster, before I forget Of all the galaxies That I find you here with me Heightens this moment, you pull me in close and For once, I believe Take me back Take me back Take me back Take me back Take me back Take me back Take me back Take me back