Empire Builder

This is not
An escape
But I don't know
How to hold someone
Without losing my grip

You'll say I
Was bound to leave
Since I first stepped
Across your borders
Since I crawled
Into your skin

Thought I heard you whisper in the dark
That you knew where the light would be
Thought I saw your shape against the black
Thought I felt you moving beside me

We are not alone
And we are more alone
Than we've ever been
So hurry up and lose me
Hurry up and find me
Again

So I'll pass
The lumber mills
I'll pass the coal mines
And the parks

And the dried up oil fields
I'll pass a thousand lonely pines
That bend their backs against the Sun
But I'll mistake the station birds
For the sound of my phone ringing

Thought I heard you whisper in the dark
That you knew where the light would be
Don't wait for me to walk a straight line
You can only hold your breath so long

We are not alone
And we are more alone
Than we've ever been
So hurry up and lose me
Hurry up and find me
Again

I am no less found to you
Than when I crossed into your silence
When I held your solitade
But you never liked it
When I'd play dead
And you wondered why
My lovesongs are always
The grieving kind
Why, I wonder, all to search
For my reflections in the crowd

Oh, forget I said love
And also, don't forget I said love
We are not alone
And we are more alone
Than we've ever been
So hurry up and lose me
Hurry up and find me
Again