Is there a loneliness leaking inside of all of your thinking
As your breath hit the ceiling
The words lose all of their meaning
While your heart’s on fire
You got your eyes closed
You stay cold
‘Cause you’re a little scared of the height of the feeling
You don’t want to know?
Ariel: Love the way that you’re faking
Patrick: Love the way that you’re faking
Did I give it away when my hands were shaking
What makes you so sure?
And then she answers
I just need your touch so I know I’m here
Is there a loneliness leaking?
Just need your touch so I know I’m here
I’m here
Just need your touch so I know I’m here
I’m here
Just need your touch so I know I’m here
It’s in the way you’re walking
It’s in the way you leave me shapes on my pillow that only I can see
It’s in the way we lean on each other so we don’t fall
Ariel: What makes you so sure?
Patrick: Everyone else is a stranger
Here is my body
Real is what I’m feeling
And I feel
Ariel: I feel a little bit crazy
Patrick: feel a little bit crazy
It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright
You’re just a little bit crazy
It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright
I just need your touch so I know I’m here
credits
from Better in the Shade,
released April 22, 2022
Patrick Watson – Piano, Modular
Mikhail Stein – Bass
Ariel Engle – Vocals
Andrew Barr – Drums
Written by Patrick Watson and Ariel Engle
Composed by Patrick Watson, Andrew Barr and Mikhail Stein
Published by Secret City Publishing Inc.
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