Nose to nose I hold you so close, in the moment Though I know I feel it slipping away I told you to shut your mouth when you started talking about Passing years, passing days I've been having visions of you as a baby, maybe Part of it is all in my head I don't think I understand time as a line, I Wasn't meant to live it like this I guess And I don't know how you people do it See it all without the urge to fall right through it Crack open a photo book, sit alone at 20 and Look for a sign that I was there Stare into the ceiling and contemplate the feeling Of total obsoletion, destined to spare And yet I can't stop tryin' To hold every beautiful thing in my hands I suck the pulp until I choke On what was never meant to last And still I hope although I know I'm never gonna get it all back ♪ I feel limited in my constant sensitivity to What I know will hurt me soon Every day I spend in the sun, always thinkin' of What will come when it's time for the new If I have to love you, I don't know how to do it Without holdin' on too tight And I don't wanna leave you but I might Only 'cause I don't know how to do this right Yet I can't stop tryin' To hold every beautiful thing in my hands I suck the pulp until I choke on What was never meant to last And still I hope although I know I'm never gonna get it all back Oh, just hold me Tell me I can hold it all too Tell me somethin' small Lie so I can make it through Tell me there's another sign and I'll be with it again Fake omnipotence so I can Crawl back into bed