I live with a japanese ghost

I live with an actor out of work

I live with a teenage poet

And i live with this curse

The curse of your beauty

The curve of the earth in the crease of your smile

The course of the river

Runs from your hips up your spine

I've been a lonely boy

And you've been a lonely boy too

How softly the days destroy

The nights when i dream about you

You've been a lonely girl

And i've been a lonely girl too

I've followed you around the world

So why can't i be around you?

My country's a burial ground

They put the mark on me at birth

A ghost lust for sight and sound

I was born with this curse

The curse of your brilliance

The radiant cast of your mind

But i cast a shadow

I spread the ashes over both of our time

I've been a lonely boy

And you've been a lonely boy too

How softly the days destroy

The nights when i dream about you

You've been a lonely girl

And i've been a lonely girl too

I've followed you around the world

So why can't i be around you?

I've been a lonely boy

And now i'm a lonely man

I've seen my days devoid

Of your touch, they slipped through my hands

Oh i've watched the sunset drain

Like the blood from my face

And the pale moon rose

It posed in outer space

The pale moon reflecting back

Through the wind on the lake

And into that swirling black

I've given up all i can take

I've been a lonely boy

And you've been a lonely boy too

How softly the days destroy

The nights when i dream about you