Star Anise

You were cooking with star anise
I was playing your old guitar and its strings are perpetually out of tune
But it's charming 'cause it reminds me of you

Dance in front of the kitchen sink
Don't you think it's such a funny thing
You don't know that you're in too deep 'til your face is blue

If only we would have known
That we would have gotten so
Caught up in the numbers and clocks instead of saying why not
The numbers and clocks instead of saying why not

I was tracing lines on your face
You were feeling my heartbeat race
Twisted and tangled in sheets
Does it feel empty now without me

Crawling into that space there
That someday someone else will share
A girl with an experienced mind
She'll be older and wiser, but I was kind

And when you meet her you'll know
Maybe you won't get so
Caught up in the numbers and clocks instead of saying why not
The numbers and clocks instead of saying why not

And I'll replay every situation
Add up every math equation
Re-connect all of the dots
But nothing changes the plot

And I'll replay every scene
Wondering what it all means
The numbers and clocks instead of saying why not
The numbers and clocks instead of saying why not

I hope you're somewhere cooking with star anise
I'm playing my old guitar and its strings are more in tune
And I'm writing a song about you