Begin Again

A few tiny movements, and it begins
The needle drops, the record spins
Lately I've been giving in
To these primitive machines
Back when I barely knew who you were
We were both precious and obscure
Sat together in a park
You tossed a coin out into the old pond and snarked
At the young man and his courage,
And the ghost in every hotel room
They keep claiming they could begin again
Then you got up just to change the sides
There, on the fourth chord came a lie
Once I could tell them apart
A twist of fate or a change of heart
Blood on the tracks, it skips a beat
As he sings a solemn eulogy
For the old man in the courtroom
And the stray dogs in the parking lot
They're all thinking they would begin again
We'll begin again
With lies still stuck between our teeth
We'll taste the bitter irony
Of the stranger in a subway station
Unsure of her destination
Only knows she will begin again