Linger
[00:02.19] bare legs in the snow, you cut my hair
[00:02.75] and told me to get some sleep
[00:03.29] i don't want to go anywhere without you
[00:03.83] i don't want to go anywhere at all
[00:04.37] the snow filled the air, an icing sugar dream
[00:04.89] i wrote my name on the window
[00:05.15] you closed all the doors as the lights went out
[00:06.02] living by candlelight during the storm
[00:06.85] they all shake their heads, write poisonous words
[00:07.39] in ink that stains my skin
[00:07.93] though i fall apart so easily, you keep your head
[00:08.21] reassuring and promising me
[00:09.65] you said,
[00:10.22] "i will take care of you, i don't care if it's not allowed
[00:10.52] say what they will, we don't have to stick around
[00:11.35] we can go anywhere, we can go anyplace that you want
[00:11.87] oh please baby don't cry, slow down and hold my hand
[00:12.41] i love you, believe me, but your search for a better man
[00:12.97] has left you so bitter, shaken by the winter wind
[00:13.51] and i know that you're scared, i know that you're tired of this
[00:14.07] afraid of the thoughts you can't get out of your head
[00:14.63] you never expected, you never see it coming at all."
[00:16.01] your voice on the phone is the only thing that i've known
[00:16.57] to be pure
[00:17.42] the words you speak circulate and they keep my heart awake
[00:18.27] i am sure
[00:18.55] though your memories exceed mine, you were a child in another time
[00:18.81] i know what i need
[00:20.19] right now i'm waiting for you, it's all i know how to do
[00:20.72] regardless of what may follow, we'll proceed
[00:21.60] we can run away in the night, escape it all, everything
[00:22.44] go to new york or straight up to outer space
[00:22.98] make love in the clouds, sleep soundly among the angels
[00:23.52] we have suitcases filled with road maps and dollar bills
[00:24.04] train tickets, coffee cups and decades of time to kill
[00:24.58] i want you right now, i want you til the day that i die
[00:25.18] there's a war in the sky, gunfire and burning flags
[00:25.70] but nothing compares to the battle my heart has waged
[00:26.27] if i die by your hand, i will die with your flag at my side.
