Free Fall

As well as half a world away, you sit up late at night and cannot find your sleep.
As well as half a world awy, I hold my pillow close and hold you in my dreams.
If all the curtains fell aside
If all our seas were not so wide
If all the walls that keep dividing us would fall
If all our wishes were commands
If fate did not misunderstand
This puzzle might just come together after all

Refrain
I can promise you laughter
I can promise you honesty
I can promise you late embraces, kisses overdue
I can promise you moonlight
I can promise you tranquility
But I can't promise not to fall in love with you.

In the middle of my day, I lose my concentration, writing down your name
And in the middle of your day, you think about our minds and how they are the same
Against the gray midwestern sky
Against the rules that don't apply
Against the magnet steps that lead me to your door
Against the warnings on the winds
Against the words of well-meant friends
As I move closer to you, all I want is more.

Refrain

I listen to the words you say: You say, "No expectations," and I understand
You listen to the words I say: "I know the difference between real space and dream land."
Your pace is effortless and slow
Your stories know which way to flow
You pull away my layers like I'm a paper doll
You make no obvious demands
You know I'm putty in your hands
And every conversation feels more like free fall

Refrain

Tag You might as well be in Australia
You might as well be in Antarctica
You might as well be in London, New York, Hamburg, Timbuktu
You might as well be moonlight
You might as well be Andromeda
I still can't promise not to fall in love with you.

No, I can't promise not to fall in love with you.

Notes: This song is about a lot of things. It started out being about how I feel about love long distance, and ended up being an amalgamation of lots of conversations I have had recently. I let Steve Macdonald look at it before it was finished, and he liked what I had so far so well that I kind of think of it as a song for him, too. There are a lot of people in this song, a lot of different combinations of ideas, snips and snaps of various conversations. For anybody who really thinks I'm kidding when I say I fall in love with absolutely everybody, here's your proof.

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