I spent two and a half years in a long distance relationship. I moved out to Chicago for school and she was finishing up her undergrad in New York.
lyrics
I’m homesick, darling, I’m homesick for your breath
Expand my lungs underneath the palms of your hands
Late at night I imagine you beside me, but it doesn’t change a thing
Come around again, come home.
I lay down by this heartbreak of a city
My limbs feel weak as I gaze up to the darkness
I wonder to myself are you looking at the same sky
I’d like to think you are, but I’d rather you remember.
What have I done to put so much between us?
Deep in, deep out, I want a change in season
Lately I’ve grown quite tired of endless April showers
When will the miles collapse to bring me to your side?
How much more will I bear to take?
What have I done to put so much between us?
I’m ashamed of myself to have put so much between us.
I’m the fool now, darling, it’s a wonder I can speak
I know I’ve created an awful, awful strain
The truth is that I miss you more than words themselves
Every inch of me aches for the simple things.
What have I done to put so much between us?
credits
from Natural Progression,
track released June 29, 2010
Trumpet by William L. Cox
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