This Certainty
from Children Having Children by Children Having Children
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Hold me tired, for now at least
And I am myself at a loss for reasons
With no preparation, just our sweat and rested sour breath
Have we become the champions of subversive season
Our palettes blank, our walls unspoken?
In all this I gently rub my foggy eyes, my foggy eyes
For what it is to see it
The past is stale but edible
Potential pale but visible
I wait for you there at the top of the stairs
And when you appear, I'm in love with you
Too soon, too soon, but the same soon for you too
Once you let me wonder what your mouth knew
Then you showed me
Ever since, I haven't been articulate enough to say it
It's criminal, this certainty
But it's guiltless and we dine with such abandon
Such enchanted little tongues and teeth
Become sympathetic arms as the dusk wears on
I push into you and you love me again
You love that our passion is silent in this restaurant
I love it too
Absent of what we both contrived
In less important eyes
You wait with me there at the top of the stairs
Like a friend would
The next day I nap in your bed, knowing you'll wake me
Whether you wake me or not, I hope you'll look at me asleep
And be as glad that I belong there as I am to never move
I'll have no way of knowing, but if you do that
It has never mattered
And I am myself at a loss for reasons
With no preparation, just our sweat and rested sour breath
Have we become the champions of subversive season
Our palettes blank, our walls unspoken?
In all this I gently rub my foggy eyes, my foggy eyes
For what it is to see it
The past is stale but edible
Potential pale but visible
I wait for you there at the top of the stairs
And when you appear, I'm in love with you
Too soon, too soon, but the same soon for you too
Once you let me wonder what your mouth knew
Then you showed me
Ever since, I haven't been articulate enough to say it
It's criminal, this certainty
But it's guiltless and we dine with such abandon
Such enchanted little tongues and teeth
Become sympathetic arms as the dusk wears on
I push into you and you love me again
You love that our passion is silent in this restaurant
I love it too
Absent of what we both contrived
In less important eyes
You wait with me there at the top of the stairs
Like a friend would
The next day I nap in your bed, knowing you'll wake me
Whether you wake me or not, I hope you'll look at me asleep
And be as glad that I belong there as I am to never move
I'll have no way of knowing, but if you do that
It has never mattered
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from Children Having Children,
released October 17, 2007
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Children Having Children Brooklyn, New York
Steeped in equal parts rock, alternative, and post-everything, then stirred with orchestral ambitions and sweetened with noise, CHC likes to do as they please in an attempt to pay homage to the legacy of great songwriting.
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