She was sleepless in the sweltering night Her weary eyes in the iPhone light The midnight Sun had walked her to the door It had kissed her neck discreetly And at the moment when she turned the key A song had joined me in my reverie I played it gently to the rooftops and the trees A flow of chords and a flock of geese
She heard the music, she was listening in And in return she sent a word on a wing From her pillow to the valley below Where I soon succumbed to slumber An ice cube melting by the side of my bed Echoing the insides of my sluggish head A homing dove left me a letter that read Tell me am I real or am I dreaming?
All is over Everything is starting new Everything's in front of you Follow the river
She poured the vodka and she twisted the lime Her perfume blended with the Bourbon and thyme The room was easy in the afternoon breeze As she held it in her hands And I showed up because I knew she'd be there I was sunburned, I got drunk out of nowhere My friends with families and real jobs were all gone But I stayed behind because the lights were still on
She offered Seltzer from her soda gun Her eyes were sparkling and the whole room spun The street outside was sticky golden dew And I wanted just to stay All my senses overwhelmed and outdone By every love song playing all at once I sobered up and stumbled home alone
All is over Everything is starting new Everything's in front of you Follow the river All is over Everything is coming true There was always hope for you Follow the river
She was still asleep in the morning light Her body rendering events of last night Skin of milky silk, eyelids softly shut And an endless playlist playing Algorithms couldn't make this stuff up Or blossom like the flower of a buttercup Or whisper unintelligible sounds of life Tell me, am I real or am I dreaming still?
We woke up to a song we had never heard But our entire beings knew it word for word Tangled up in an unmade bed, overlooking Sunday City Listening for pleasure or the absence of pain Listening to the heart beat and the pouring rain Listen to The Sirens and The Way Love Goes Listen to the body cause the body knows Listen to The Dinos and Survivors Guilt The Origin Story and The Vanderbilts Listen to the sound of life itself and it sings!
All is over Everything is starting new Everything's in front of you Follow the river All is over Everything is coming true There was always hope for you Follow the river