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ellis paul - love's too familiar a word (poem) lyrics

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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

- ellis paul lyrics

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