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20180407 - Call Me Lightning

from The Song Diary II by Paleo

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Call me lightning
Forget about the part
Where it hurts
Call me lightning

I'd tell you what I wished for, but I want it to come true
and I get a little rush from keeping a secret or two
But I'll give you a hint, I wished I could know
Something I told you I'd already let go
But it's like in a painting, that trick of the mind
where the sun's either setting, or beginning to rise
but without seeing the future, there's no way to tell.
sometimes heaven turns out to be hell

Call me lightning
Forget about the part
Where it hurts
Call me lightning

I said I don't dance, I said I'll watch but I didn't
Because the more people watch you, the more you keep hidden
from eyes like oceans where most people drown
you wanna use yours to find someone to spin you around
but the shelves here are empty and the line never moves
Like the wheel's always stuck on the cart that you choose
We get home to the cat, the one who watches us fight
for as many heartbeats it takes you to be right

Call me lightning
Forget about the part
Where it hurts

but I remember the beginning before it turned to ash
when we didn't judge a day by counting up cash
When we walked by the river where the fences unwind
Where the streets lights like long dead white spiders shine
and give us a shadow if we're close we can share
the invisible question that felt more like a dare
so we fanned out the cards with our backs to the door
and we reached out together with my hand on yours
and we pulled out a picture of flowers and crowns
but we knew they meant something different upside down
last time I saw you said take it easy
And I have been; in my own way I’ve been pretty breezy.
But this losing you thing. It's like the wind, being alone,
Because it totally blows. I know you still got a phone.

Call me lightning
Forget about the part
Where it hurts
Call me lightning

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from The Song Diary II, released April 15, 2018

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