Normally my part falls apart But lately the pieces look like abstract art Seeing new faces in cracked flower vases Seeing the end as a start The past is a prologue for change Sometimes I'm frightened when things aren't the same But now, as we turn a new page I know that love doesn't age Let's leave our book by the road Let all the vines turn the words into stone And write a new novel that no one has wrote I'll be the author, you'll be the best quote And let's write a library in Old Tokyo And wherever you are is where I wanna go Whenever you're down, I'll keep plenty of notes And whenever you drown, I'll build a paper boat I'm usually inclined to cry And let baby teardrops well up in my eyes But lately, this life feels sublime And fireworks burst when you look in my eyes Let's leave our book by the road And let all the vines turn the words into stone And write a new novel that no one has wrote I'll be the author, you'll be the best quote And let's write a library in Old Tokyo And wherever you are is where I wanna go Whenever you're down, I'll keep plenty of notes And wherever you drown, I'll build a paper boat Whenever you're down, I'll be here Whenever you're far, I'll be near When everything seems so unclear We can just play things by ear Whenever you're down, I'll be here Whenever you're far, I'll be near When everything seems so unclear We can just play things by ear Whenever you're down, I'll be here Whenever you're far, I'll be near When everything seems so unclear We can just play things by ear Let's leave our book by the road And let all the vines turn the words into stone And write a new novel that no one has wrote I'll be the author, you'll be the best quote And let's write a library in Old Tokyo And wherever you are is where I wanna go And whenever you're down, I'll keep plenty of notes And whenever you drown, I'll build a paper boat