I stepped into the room late last night
Because late is the time I keep
You were sleeping warm as coal
In a pocket of comfort and white sheets

But you don't startle anymore when I step into the room
Though the hour is later than midnight
And neither window can place a moon.

I missed you, you say
And it sounds like a promise
When whispered half asleep
Your skin still damp with sweat
From thoughts your dreams refused to keep

I follow my memory to a switch on a light
Shut your eyes my voice cut short
When darkness turns bright

Do you love me? you say
But love is too familiar a word
For in this bed 10,000 times a phrase already heard
But, yes, I love you speaks my reply
Though I know I failed myself and you for not
Matching how I feel with words of higher wealth

I know it's lonely in the world tonight
Because here is more than what's deserved
And the imbalance can't be summed in black and white
Cause love's too familiar a word.

• 3,000 Miles
• All Things Being The Same
• Angel in Manhattan
• Autobiography of a Pistol
• Changing Your Name
• Did Galileo Pray?
• Here She Is
• Love's Too Familiar a Word
• Maria's Beautiful Mess
• Martyr's Lounge
• Never Lived at All
• Seize The Day
• Take Me Down
• The World Ain't Slowin' Down
• Tornado Girl!
• Weightless
• When We Begin