This was composed in the wake of a break-up in Spring, 2006 just before moving to Brooklyn. The third verse is among my most successful ever.
lyrics
I see shadows through the blinds
Colors chan ging all the time
Fearlessly crouched beneath
Shoes on a power line
I wonder if he sees
The words you write for me
Doubtful he can sense
The feeling that you keep/these feelings that you keep…
I watch a white cat cross the street
Before peering back at me
Its black and spotted tail
Mindlessly flailing
And I wonder if it sees
The minute that he leaves
And I wonder if it minds
The hours that you keep/these hours that you keep
You’re forming plans to show him
The place we used to go
And listen to the rhythm
Of foaming water flowing
And I wonder when he breathes
Can he taste a trace of me
I hope he won’t spoil a thing
In this place we used to keep/this place we used to keep
I see shadows through the blinds
Colors changing all the time
Endlessly repeating
It’s okay babe, we’ll be fine/it’s okay babe we’ll be fine
credits
from Recordings: Winter 2009,
released December 26, 2010
Written, performed, and recorded by Christopher Knott on analog 4-track at home in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn.
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