Because late is the time I keep
You were sleeping warm as coal
In a pocket of comfort and white sheets
But you dont startle anymore when I step into the room
Though the hour is later than midnight
And neither window can place a moon.
I missed you, you say
And it sounds like a promise
When whispered half asleep
Your skin still damp with sweat
From thoughts your dreams refused to keep
I follow my memory to a switch on a light
Shut your eyes my voice cut short
When darkness turns bright
Do you love me? you say
But love is too familiar a word
For in this bed 10,000 times a phrase already heard
But, yes, I love you speaks my reply
Though I know I failed myself and you for not
Matching how I feel with words of higher wealth
I know its lonely in the world tonight
Because here is more than whats deserved
And the imbalance cant be summed in black and white
Cause loves too familiar a word.