Desire (2 Nights Alone Version)

Didn't I say to you not too recent

It was never gonna stay

It was never gonna stay here

You're like the moon in a basket of wheat

You rose out of the roses

Right under my mouth

And a faraway cry from this petty little town

Shine back, we will notice

Though you never owed us

Passionately painted creatures were meant

To descend from the bleachers

Without much more than a promise

Well, you got it in your gut, stinkin'

And I could taste it in your paint

When you left and when you came

Like a remarkable, mellow feelin'

In there, we'll make it a remarkable feelin'

Didn't I taste it, feel it and know

In so many ways, so many ways?

The feel of your honey in the corner of my mouth

Like a loop around the block

Like a shadow in your notebook

C'mon, what's based in rhyme doesn't matter

Now we pause the tape for some laughter

I won't accept conceit any further

I will return it to you in a fervor

Oh

My sole cousin told me I was featured in a play

I was meant to take the stage, I turned to him, okay

And in it we drove all night

And you smiled so much you got creases in your face

The kind that give you grace

And I try to keep cool, regardless of what

I know to be true

I know to be true

You got good timing and you listen blindly

You're a street fighter, no, a prize fighter, well

Desire, desire

It was never gonna stay

Never gonna stay

Desire, desire

Never gonna stay

Never gonna stay

Fictions are frightening like statues in lightning

I wore my boot sole

You gave it a new hole, well

Desire, desire

It was never gonna stay

It was never gonna stay, well

Desire, desire

Never gonna stay

Never gonna stay