In Doonan

HERE WE ARE (D A D F# B E, capo 2)

Here we are. All this time. It hardly feels.

Ride the stars. We don’t get far. But it is real.

I’m glad I didn’t get what I asked for. Because I never knew what I needed until it fell in my lap.

 

Here are we are. An empty night. For us to take.

What we want. And what we need. Because it’s the same.

I’m glad I made a promise because it reminds me.

When I feel the world turn away I have everything.

 

I’m glad I made a promise because it set me free.

And when I see the stars in the sky I know exactly what they mean.

 

IT FELT LIKE THE WORLD JUST GREW (D A D F# B E, capo 2)

What a racket you guys made last night.

Running through the window, I may as well have slept outside.

And I woke to glowing and yellow gleaming skies.

It felt like my head might burst.

 

I did my best to keep myself upright.

While slowly but surely the morning caught the sky.

While more importantly your symphony held its tune.

It felt like the world just grew.

It’s just big enough for us to do what we have to do.

 

WE COULDN’T HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE ELSE (E A C# G# B E)

From here it’s hard to tell if there is surf or isn’t. If we dawdle we’ll be late, if we rush we’ll be too early.

If we miss it altogether, at least we’ll be together.

If we just lie here forever, tracing the path of the sun.

 

I see shadows moving but I cannot keep up. If it wasn’t for the sunlight the shadows would be fucked.

Reflected on a picture, I cannot remember why I cried.

It danced along the ceiling. It felt like I was healing.

While something else was leaving.

 

Chasing the path of the sun. Like a zipper zipping the world undone.

Watching the colours change. A moment is all it ever takes.

 

We watched it through the trees as the sky turned navy blue. Eaten alive by mozzies, I was holding hands with you.

And I wondered who put these chairs in the middle of this hill. But they couldn’t have been anywhere else.

We couldn’t have been anywhere else.