Do You Mind If I Start Without You?

Lately there have been woken nights

Long sharp knives not bright sharp lights

No angels on the wing in sight

Did someone ever hold me tight

I wake and then I sleep

Which is the dream I want to keep

Once there was a difference

but now it just repeats

In the morning the flow begins

Another day when no one wins

I want to write this song

And when someone comes in

I’ll sing a symphony for two

Slightly off key but coloured for you

But now another day is through

And you’re late again, but then I guess, me too

Is it that complicated

Or is it just over-rated

The right man’s in the wrong place

Where is the forest where limbs embrace

The highs and lows of being high

Mountains and Valleys and clear blue sky

We haven’t met but you’ve said goodbye

A plethora of bloody shadows as the wind blows by

If at least I found a key forgotten from a car

A barely used toothbrush in a slightly damp glass

It would be evidence that we had a past

And maybe there’ll be another start

So, do you mind if I start without you

And whenever I miss the power of two

I’ll call your phone, as if I already knew

The number, and we’ll talk it through

All human capital has a cost

Which sometimes returns and sometimes  lost

But then in Winter there’s sometimes frost

And in the end, it’s up to me to skim off the dross

So, do you mind if I start without you

And whenever I miss the power of two

I’ll call your phone, as if I already knew

The number, and we’ll talk it through