Lyrics

Twice

Tell me something secret, tell me something wrong,
d'you think if I was perfect for you, could we still get along?
You were half Norwegian, and I was half asleep
We rode the rail on a fairytale of popular mystique

The first year felt like hours, your hair it smelled like rome
That week up north i rolled the dice, and even saw you topless twice
But somehow we got callow, when we should've been kind
'Cause I could never break your heart, but no one else was playing their part

Tell me something heated, tell me if you care
Did you move on, or just move out, did you misplace my questionnaire
I was way too tired of waiting, for all the perfect plans
You wanted to see my white flag wave, but all I wanted was a show of hands

I came back home that easter, asked all over town
Someone said "she nailed him twice", must have thought he was Jesus Christ
Don't know if your heart's eager, or if it's just for show
The note you left tucked on my car last spring
Never said if you actually believed...in anything

i don't know where the point went, but I'm just trying to get there
All caught up in the ointment, and way too busy to beware
I can't believe where life goes, or that somehow you're not in it, baby
One of these days I'll get over myself, but I'm out of practice so give me a minute

Good things come for waiting, but seconds became ours
When we arrived at the end of the rainbow, just a spot of gold & social tangles
You got fond of saying, "you're only young twice"
Seems you were promised rice and gold
...The last time you had your fortune told