Turquoise

I took a good walk across the stone stars
Minding every name I walked over
I took a long drive right up to the top
So I could see what you saw
Nearly blinded myself off the white letters

And it's all still here
Just hangs between these pines
Ever waiting, laced in this orange light

And I call for you, and you appear
Run me around this building so fast
That we almost disappear into another time
Someone wrote your name on the door behind
We can't go up to the deck right now
So we watch the storm attack downtown
And I wanna link my fingers in the turquoise grates
On the doors and windows

And I see his eyes
Under his strong brow
Shining blue, in black and white
And she keeps asking
And you keep answering the phone
Oh how you don't owe anything to anyone when you're alone

I try to take it all in, but I can't find your feet
Or your hands in the concrete downtown
So I've gotta look around some more

It's you three who remind me not to play along
To not try to belong
To take the glamour for what it was, and leave the rest

'Cause I just wanna take every step that you took
I wanna graze everything that you touched
I wanna be right where you shot your scenes
I wanna see the palm frond create a shadow on the side
And I wanna paint my life in that film color
Watch it saturate over the edges
And I'll go back and back and back and back and back and back
And back and back and back again
Just to try to understand

And I see his eyes
Under his strong brow
Shining blue, in black and white
And she keeps asking, and you keep answering the phone
Oh how you don't owe anything to anyone when you're alone

But there's a delay to this feeling
It only makes sense when I'm leaving

Take me out for a midnight coffee
And drive me around this endless city
Give me the word from the inside
'Cause I wanna see the buildings lit up in cold light
I know I'll never really know the secrets
But man, can't you come down?
Just one night from your hill
Just one time, just to say hi?

And I see his eyes
Under his strong brow
Shining blue, in black and white
And I keep asking
And we keep dancing
And you always keep me guessing