You Wouldn't Let Me Go

See she thinks

It’s all about

Being special

But I don’t think that

I don’t think that’s

What you’re looking for

I don’t think that one bit

I get all kinds of October

Thinking about you

Thinking about…

The time in October

--You remember?

I wasn’t much older

Than I needed to be

But I was still…

Something about the way

You stood behind me

And I was like—

I hope he puts his hands

On my shoulders

And then you did

I thought it was telepathy after that

Or some kind of connection

But I knew one thing

Above all else

Just like when you pray

I knew you wouldn’t let me go

‘Bout time you showed up again

I don’t need to know

Where you’ve been

Nothing matters

But what you’ve been waiting for

When it comes to you

I put on my favorite dress

I left everything open

But the screen door

And I sat myself down

Right on this bed

The world’s gonna end one day

And when it does

You gotta give a lot of thought

To where you wanna be

When the comets are crashing

And the shit’s blowing up

This here

You taking one step

After another

This, to me

Is the end of the world

But if you notice

If you take a good look

I’m smiling

And I—

I put new sheets on the bed

Got a new blanket

I opened the windows

To let all the sounds in

Of the cars from the highway

And the ocean

Water’s an hour away

And I can still hear the waves

Just like no matter how far you ran from me

I could hear you

Taking steps

Back towards me

I just didn’t know

How many steps

It was going to take

I thought about running sometimes too

But the thought of you was more you

Than you are

Standing here

In front of me

And you wouldn’t let me go

I bet you left her with so much

In her heart

For you

I feel bad about that

But I can’t rectify it

Not with the world ending

And the bed ready for us

Took me forever

To make up this bed

She might love you

But she can’t get you

To touch her shoulders

When you’re not evening

Thinking about it

There’s ways for two people to love each other

That go past anniversary cards

And candlelit dinners

There’s a pull and a prayer

Between my heart and yours

That God put there

And God don’t want it gone

People telling me about you getting marri—

Marriage is something

A man invented

It ain’t got nothing to do

With God

What’s God is you coming up those steps

Knowing

From the day you were born

That you would

That you would get to the top
And see me

On this bed waiting for you

So you can take off that wedding ring

Because she married you

Knowing there was never going to be

Two of your feet in any home

That the two of you

Made for yourselves

She couldn’t look at you

And think what I think

It might have been easy

To do it to her

But when it comes to me

Jesus, baby—

You wouldn’t let me go