Your socks on the wood floor
the moment I'd hoped for
I'm terrified to think you might be real
I curl up behind you
fit my body to yours like a shell
I smell your hair, oh love, I can't believe you
I squeeze you to make sure you're really here and I'm overwhelmed

[CHORUS]
I've been waiting for so long
to touch you and sleep in yours eyes
and now as my heart's beating so hard
I hold on and keep you at home in my arms

They tried to console me
but you're all the consolation I ever needed
years of smelling the clothes you left behind
The photographs that seemed so far away
I don't need them now-you turn to me alive, awake, and blinking, baby
"Back so soon?" you ask, but I smile 'cause I never left at all

[CHORUS]

You check the clock, it's time to go
You grab your keeps and you're out the door
I step outside and you're waving goodbye
It's all happening again like before
as you're starting the car and I'm tearing inside
I knock on your window, you stop just in time
Around to the other side
I say, "Baby, I thought I'd come along for the ride."

I've been waiting for so long
(Time slows, and I take your hand)
to touch you and sleep in your eyes
(I hold you as we lose control)
Together our hearts beating so hard

Hold on, baby, we're almost home. . .


Lyrics submitted by guitaress, edited by patrick1991

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    today i listened to this album entirely for the first time...before i had just listened to Broken Bride, and Morning in May....you can imagine my confusion before listening to the entire albume.

    Anyway now that i listened to it and read the lyrics (cause i didn't really understand what he was saying at first) i can safely condlude that is by far the best album that i have ever listened to.

    If the music alone dosen't get you the story will. And not only that, they are able to do an epic story with also amazing poetry. I mean every line has so much meaning and i just love this album.

    Now about this particular song. Although people have already given a good synopsis of the story. I'll try to keep this short. Basically what it all comes down to is love, yeah. love so strong that you would do anything for that loved one. And in this song we are only given a small point of view of the actual bride. (isn't that funny....This whole story is about her but she is only in a small part of the story.) Basically she loves him too. But oblivious of whats going to happen to her. And i don't think he trys to stop her because it would just sound crazy...can you imagine him telling her that he went back in time and all that jazz.....

    Its just great...great great great.

    mlfm256on October 28, 2008   Link

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