In Love

I remember, the night we met

That night we sat, entwined

Under summer skies

I looked into your eyes and you looked into mine

You said, "You?re not like the rest"

(Oleander holly)

And I nodded

(Crimson feet of Collie)

"No one understands me", you said

And I nodded once again

(Beautiful and lovely)

As if to agree that all men

Are indeed the same

(My baby)

Somehow, you said

(The only one)

I was different

(Who really understands me)

Floating hand in hand we

Whisper in the moonlight

And say that I'm

The things you want to see

(Coriander star child)

For months on end

I maintained

(Goddess of the moonlight)

A veneer of sincere interest

(Hold me in the morning)

'Cause as if I were listening

As you relived every page

(And tell me I'm)

Of self help and new age

(The only one alive)

That you had read

And I went in for the kill

(Who really understands you)

I'd read the same books

(Tell me pretty stories)

I learned to ape the motions

Of a 'sensitive' human being

(Say you understand me)

And we were 'oh, so happy'

(My baby)

But you found things to fix

(The things you want to see)

And I knew it was time

To move on

(That I could never be, in love, in love)

So now you have me, completely figured out

You feel sorry for me

I can't express my feelings, I can't tell the truth

We are all alike

At puberty, I was sworn to secrecy

By the international brotherhood

Of lying fickle males

I can't tell you anything and I can't commit

You?re right, I can't commit to you

(Hold me in the morning)

I will always treasure

Our time together

(Tell me pretty stories)

I don't feel enough of anything

To harbor the kind of disdain

(Say that you're the only one)

That you'll maintain

You painted me into what you

(My baby)

Wanted to see

And that's fine

(But I could never be)

But you will never know me

(In love, in love)

Oleander holly

Crimson feet of Collie

Beautiful and lovely

My baby, the only one

Who really understands me