We Fled

I left the room long before you came
they made love just like a violent crime
the night the ghost of Mrs Dickinson
stormed up and down the hall
the windows in applause

we both thought
we fixed this
I thought we did

Go outside cool your hot head
Go walk for days on this burning pavement
Your words inside my head like a cigarette
these matches keep on breaking
like all of my friends

We both thought
We fixed this
I thought we did
If we all knew
what we’re doing
you think it’d look like this?

Jonesy on the stairs
cries the way that I feel
so for real that he stares
to the window over there
and he walks the midday road
in his midday soles just to feel
the only thing that he knows

we both thought
we fixed this
I thought we did
If we all knew
what we’re doing
you think it’d look like this?