Ethereal Visions

You booked the night train for a reason
So you could sit there in this hurt
Bustling crowds or silent sleepers
You're not sure which is worse

Because I dropped your hand while dancing
Left you out there standing
Crestfallen on the landing
Ethereal visions

Your mom's ring in your pocket
My picture in your wallet
Your heart was glass, I dropped it
Ethereal visions

You told your family for a reason
You couldn't keep it in
Your brother splashed out on the bottle
Now no one's celebrating

Dom Pérignon, you brought it
No crowd of friends applauded
Your hometown skeptics called it
Ethereal visions

You had a speech, you're speechless
Love slipped beyond your reaches
And I couldn't give a reason
Ethereal visions

Your Midas touch on the Chevy door
November flush and your flannel cure
"This dorm was once a madhouse"
I made a joke, "Well, it's made for me"

How evergreen, our group of friends
Don't think we'll say that word again
And soon they'll have the nerve to deck the halls
That we once walked through

One for the money, two for the show
I never was ready, so I watch you go
Sometimes you just don't know the answer
'Til someone's on their knees and asks you

"They would've made such a charming love
What a shame he's fucked in his head," they said
But you'll find the real thing instead
He'll patch up your tapestry that I shred

And hold your hand while dancing
Never leave you standing
Crestfallen on the landing
Ethereal visions

Your mom's ring in your pocket
His picture in your wallet
You won't remember all my
Ethereal visions

You won't remember all my
Ethereal visions