Blackboards and Desks

from Natural Progression by KJ Johnson

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Everyone has experienced an awkward crush at some point in their lives. I just happen to have written a song about one of mine.

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You were a shiny new coin from the pocket
I’ve been green copper for years
You entered the room, me, I felt nothing
Forgetting the unpredictable
I see your portrait through my eye’s corner
You just see straight through
I move closer to you, but it means nothing
It’s just to feel a connection

‘Cause you are beautiful, I am a child
Neither of these things, neither of them relate
You are a voice, I am a whisper
But nothing works with these two

Accidental hand brushes will happen
But my stomach jolts anyway
A friendly hug turns into a sigh
Light pat on the back becomes heavy
Notes serve as a mask
Pianissimos drain me in
The rhythm of morning, the silence between
Grace falling over the ictuse

But you’re still an angel, I am a student
I feel a cliché transgression
You sing like virtue, I stand and watch you
Averting my eyes from your glance

You are collected, your smile is fire
I’m none of the above
You are a blackboard, I am a desk
Let crescendos bury this

You are beautiful
But I’m so young

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from Natural Progression, released June 29, 2010

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