Forces of Spring

Is it East of Eden or Lord of the Flies, that faraway look in your eyes?

The resonance of a ruined angel, kind of beauty

Masking some danger, vulture rides in a natural orbit

We're circlin' each other, not sure which one is game yet

You built your walls, couldn't find a prisoner that fit

And here I am, just the shape of it

As we started out, I heard the words of the wild

Ah, that have gone before, you say

You can run from the siren but when you hear it sing

You can crush those blossoms but not the forces of spring

And nobody can tell you how to feel

To stand or turn away from something real

Threads of lives I thought I'd live fall like silver streamers

Through the great abyss of my coffee cup

The bartender's pregnant, they tell her to smile

I haven't been in this place for a while, is it the call of the wild?

To draw me out, to meet you here? Towards what I want and what I fear

You're the sum of both, my dear, your eyes like an imploding star

The gravity of who you are, it's safer to dream you by far

The clock hands are about to touch, I don't know why this hurts so much

It's only love

Coincidence beyond all chance, lines that matched on both our hands

It's screen romance

And the magic was thick and high that night

Gave us too much to live up to, right? A little too precious, too bright

Boy, I almost wish you wouldn't show

Illusion's easier than truth, you know, and from a distance it can grow

Then I hear you callin' out as I hear the words of the wise

Who are trembling with eyes that have gone before, you say

You can run from the siren but when you hear it sing

You can crush those blossoms but not the forces of spring

And nobody can tell you how to feel

To stand or turn away from something real

Something real, something real, something real, something real

Something real, something real, something real