The Brave Little Abacus

For geOn (for Colin)
"this ending is all but an ending," he said,"i don't get why, but i might when i'm older."when we get olderwhen we get olderi will get it all:every toll i paid en route to escape, career choice and how we could create such movementhow we'd move accordingto one another, to what the other knew they yearned to sayso it'd be better if we did this now, not rot away in our hometown,but rather reach for some common goal like building forts rather than sleeping in, or worse, through everything we've ever wantedyeah it'd be better if we did this now 'cause later on when we figure out how much more we could've done (and we could've, we could've, we could've done more) we'll try and justify our stagnancies and then be bitter and tired and lost and afraidSongtexteand i'll be trying to not get so down about iton my bedroom floor,choking on my words,trying to sing yours,"this ending is all but an ending," he said, "i don't get why, but i will if you stay here with me" Aus Songtexte Mania