Lowell Thompson - 5 Years Lyrics
He mumbles to him, fumbles the meaningDown at the tent of fragile and clingingTo life as the light of a streetlight in emberShines on the features he's trying to hideHe stumbles and he stutters and stares at the shuttersThey're green as the wisdom he tries to reclaimAll of the meaning the moment is fleetingHe wrestles his terror and boldly he saysAre you like me?Are you; I meanDo you like me as more than a friend?Silence is torture to boys on a porchWatching rocking chairs rocked by the ghost of the windThere's a look in his eye and it's blankLike when men walk the plankOnly one step to go and there's no way it's safeNow he's holding his face and slowly approachingHe starts retreating, it's a pause just in caseThen the other he dives into the deep endAnd deepens the reasons they'll remember the daySo he likes himNow they are WeClearly they are more than friends5 years down the road, about 20 years oldAnd they both wear a ring as an honest promiseThen late one evening while walking on homeAnd talking to love on a cellular phone4 men approach him with chains and a pipeThey scream epitaphs cause he wont put up a fight2 weeks in a coma before he succumbsTo the injuries suffered under warm April sunSee he loved himAnd they were WeWhy couldn't they leave them alone?Some he's like he'sSome she's like she'sWhy can't we all leave them alone?
