invited for drinks and walked up the stairs
finding you there sitting at the bar
you know every one, you know every soul
and they are all better for knowing you
i pieced it together watching you dance
dance while you sing poetry to the ceiling
and now we are talking “panspermia”
i laugh at the name and how crazy you sound
but when you spoke of my hair and eyes and face
and said i must be from some lovely alien race
slide your hand round my ankle and inside my shoe
sitting there knee to knee humming with you
you got me fresh water each time you got up
and i thought maybe that was some kind of love
and everyone loves you so,
oh but you do not seem to know
you said you wanted someone to grow old with you
i said that anyone would do, anyone would do
except for vampires because they’re immortal
you said she could bite your neck
and make you just forget
but i’m not so sure that i’d forget
i know you’ve got questions of why i’m not around
so jumpy and startled by any sound
the sound of the future, the sound of the past
the sound of anything that says it might last
and everyone loves you so,
oh but you do not seem to know
credits
from Reservoir,
released February 19, 2022
Kinsey Charles: electric guitar, vocals
Kyle Reid: acoustic guitar
Samantha Crain: vocals
Garrison Brown: trumpet