on the margins, in revisions
where we both first made our living,
in an alcove filled with sawdust,
there a new light fell upon us.
hail the lepers, call the outcasts
did we just not know to ask?
and i could see you blazing through the frost
amazing grace and hacking cough
took dictation, wrote it shorthand,
"no one's sorrier than i am."
i was young, that's no excuse
for the harm and the abuse.
so what was it that you wanted?
what would you have done if you had got it?
it was always ever gonna go so far
'til someone thought to push you from the car
accept no imitation, baby,
catch a collapsing star
but it's your limitations that make you what you are.
on the margins, in revisions
where we both first learned forgiveness,
by the mooonlight, in the forest
where our lives spread out before us,
so you wrote me in a letter,
"you can stay gone, but don't stay bitter."
it was always ever gonna end the same
'til someone thought to push you 'neath (throw you from) the train
took vacation in new orleans
and i held you on the shore there.
slurred your words, confused your thoughts
spoke in riddles no one got.
so what was it that we wanted?
god forbid if we had got it
it was always gonna have to go too far
'til someone turned the light out at the bar
accept no imitations, baby
catch a collapsing star
but it's our limtations
that make us what we are.
where we both first made our living,
in an alcove filled with sawdust,
there a new light fell upon us.
hail the lepers, call the outcasts
did we just not know to ask?
and i could see you blazing through the frost
amazing grace and hacking cough
took dictation, wrote it shorthand,
"no one's sorrier than i am."
i was young, that's no excuse
for the harm and the abuse.
so what was it that you wanted?
what would you have done if you had got it?
it was always ever gonna go so far
'til someone thought to push you from the car
accept no imitation, baby,
catch a collapsing star
but it's your limitations that make you what you are.
on the margins, in revisions
where we both first learned forgiveness,
by the mooonlight, in the forest
where our lives spread out before us,
so you wrote me in a letter,
"you can stay gone, but don't stay bitter."
it was always ever gonna end the same
'til someone thought to push you 'neath (throw you from) the train
took vacation in new orleans
and i held you on the shore there.
slurred your words, confused your thoughts
spoke in riddles no one got.
so what was it that we wanted?
god forbid if we had got it
it was always gonna have to go too far
'til someone turned the light out at the bar
accept no imitations, baby
catch a collapsing star
but it's our limtations
that make us what we are.