it doesnt matter the stillness that fills your trembling heart.
the cracks fill up like renegades rushing worlds apart.
for you i was your solace when you were coming through the dark.
and i always counted laughter like the measures from a song.
and i always lent you my heart when yours was twisted up into a mess.
counterpart the heavy – blood leaking from my chest.
holding on like mortar – gilded by a metal vest.
and it didnt matter silence, it didnt matter smoldering holes.
not the lesson you had looked for when you were 18 years old.
my finger tips are heavy drag my nails into the earth.
slowly like a swell, then gone all at once.
it doesnt matter the stillness that leads us far apart.
the water fills your lungs heady with a days last goodbye.
you smoked all of my cigarettes as we sat down on that pier.
i close my eyes where i stand.. and still the moment is so clear.
and i search inside my guileless mind. i rack my heart for reasons.
maybe too drunk off the wine – maybe it was the way your laugh reminded me of mine..
and it all happened in the stillness, your soul latched onto mine.
and we didnt matter in the stillness. caught up in the commotion of a rhyme
and even when you’re out in California chasing commas like they’re dreams
and we matter in this stillness. like matter as we move.
and like stardust in my fingers, you and i we’re magic.
we were magic you and me.