09
The Relationship
The coffee stain you call a heart
your unwed love, my useless art
the days we spent in bed are gone
the shattered hopes, the great beyond

you muted words, my angry prose
now lets see how the terror grows
my eye it wanders past your hair
but there was nothing waiting there

We tried too hard, not hard enough
you called my name, I called your bluff
those politics we talked about
no longer have there bite or clout

you took a nap
I took your soul
our love which swallowed
the world whole


I shed a tear, you shed your clothes
sure one last night, one brief repose
and all my life: forgive, forget
I come too soon, you’re barely wet

I’m deep in thought, an empty shell
it’s over now, our living hell
the driving heat, the broken line
I’m fast asleep, you bide your time

You’re back again, you’re back for more
I try to love you, try to score
there’s guilt lurking in each embrace
you take my hand, I hold your face

it never ends
it never starts
the moment sex
turns into art


We fall asleep, still holding hands
supply can’t keep up with demand
you whisper that you love me still
I levitate, an act of will

so one more week or one more year
I will provide the love you fear
the morning coffee’s strong and good
I know we can’t, you know we should

I try to love, I try and try
but that’s no way to say goodbye
too much, too soon, but not too fast
the crime in trying to make love last

so one last verse
one last refrain
I know that I’ll
want you again


The one night stand from which we grew
my belief that your aim is true
your belief that my heart exists
I cry too long, you bind my wrists

the mornings dark, it’s barely dawn
have you been feeling put upon
go back to sleep, you stroke my hair
I’m sound asleep but still aware

I’m sound asleep but still aware
I’m sound asleep but still aware
go back to sleep, you stroke my hair
I’m sound asleep but still aware
Guitar and Voice: Jacob Wren
Recording: Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (hotel2tango)