You In January

Goddamn you look holy

Hit from behind with light

You're a painting of a saint

And I'm nervous, stumbling over my lines

When I tell you I love you

When we stare at Catalina

The city lost to the sea

Carried out by the tides

You were the one thing I got right

Goddamn you look holy

Bathed in the January light

On the floor of our new bedroom

On the carpet with the window open wide

When you tell me you love me

I can actually see it

Your breath frozen in the air

Newborn droplets of ice

You were the one thing I got right

I'm measuring heartbeats and miles away

You held me together

I used to burst and decay

We got off the airplane

A couple of runaways

I was hoping you'd stay

Could you stay?

You were the obvious one

From a taxi cab in Chelsea

Out past Salvation Mountain

You were the holiest one

From a walk along the highline

Out to Wicker Park in August

You were the obvious one

From your Upper East Side dorm room

To the South West Marin Headlands

You smile into the sand

Goddamn I hate leaving

Another early flight

I ran the dishwasher this morning

I wanted there to be clean plates for you tonight

I've grown used to your perfume

It hangs in the morning light

Wake me up before you leave for work

Kiss me goodbye

You were the one thing I got right

I'm measuring heartbeats and miles away

You held me together

I used to burst and decay

We got off the airplane

A couple of runaways

I was hoping you'd stay

Could you stay?

I'm measuring heartbeats and miles away

You held me together

I used to burst and decay

We got off the airplane

A couple of runaways

I'm glad that you stayed