Phantom Rainbow

Your heavy hands
of brown and grey
Your sleepy eyes
Your day-old shave
I know I’m gonna
curse the day
I find you

I often fancy
Your sweet kiss
But i am not
prepared for this
And though I wander
out at night
to greet you
I’m afraid to meet you –
--what if i need you?

  Think I know you
  Want to show you
  What I’m made of
  But I’m afraid of
  You

I’ve given up
on happy endings
Won’t let myself
Begin pretending.
I know that this
will not work out
So I take solace
in my Doubt.

These Phantom rainbows
on the rise
glimmer softly
in our eyes
but we will never
compromise
our Daydreams

  I saw you
  then I felt you
  Now you’re Gone
  And I’m reachin’
  for a reason
  to hold on
  To this lovely
  Phantom rainbow
  even though I know
  What I am
  getting into.

I should take
the blame for this
I pulled those phrases
from your lips
and I compelled
your fingertips
to stumble
blindly onward

Things we said
we’d never mean
Promises
we could not keep
Words we spoke
but only to
Remember
why we said them

  Think I know you
  Want to show you
  What I’m made of
  but I’m afraid of
  You

  I saw you
  then I felt you
  now you’re gone
  And I’m reachin’
  for a reason
  to Hold on
To this lovely
Phantom rainbow
even though I knew
what I was getting into…

  I saw you
  then I felt you
  now you’re gone
  and I’m reachin’
  for a reason
  to hold on
‘Cause I can’t let you go,
Phantom Rainbow.