How can I write a song
that goes deep enough
to cover my broken heart
and shut the sadness off
And how can I swim so far
that words’d never reach
the distant horizon
the bottom of the sea
And how can I be so lost
the sun’s disappeared
confused all direction-
fog's covering eyes and ears
And how can I lift you up
and soar beyond these clouds
feet tightly grip the earth
dragging us down
How can I love you…?
And how can I hold you?
How can I love you?
How can I…
And how can I hold you down
heart in my hands
fists wrapped too tightly
knees too weak to stand
And how can I / be so careless
treat your whispered love
like some pretty / spring caged bird
searching for a song
How can I love you…?
And how can I hold you?
How can I love you?
How can I...
And how could I have ever missed
the longing in your soul
reaching for some fragile light
on a frail, distant shore
How can I love you…?
And how can I hold you?
How can I love you?
Keep, lose, lie to you,
How can I love you?
How can I hold you?
How can I...love you enough?
credits
from Cruel Art,
released March 15, 2015
Words and Music: Andrea Gallie and Rick Magrath
Guitars and Vocals: Andrea and Rick
Bass: Andy Henley
Percussion: Dan Nugent
Recorded, Produced, and Mastered by Dan Nugent
Spare Room Studio, Pentwater, MI
Artwork: Riley Barnett
All rights reserved
2015
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