Lyrics

Chinese Lanterns

[Chorus]-

Life moves too fast to take love slow.

I'll roll you a blunt if you have time to blow.

And as long as you promise not to go,

The Golden State will never lose its glow.

I know, I know, I know, I know,

My heart's an empty home with room to grow.

But I know, I know, I know, know.

In your voice I hear my echo.

[Verse 1]-

I'm tired of re-watching How I Met Your Mother.

I see my yellow umbrella, but I close the shutters.

I roam the streets at night to find rest in the gutter.

I'm not of worth to be your significant other,

But I wonder if I might apply as a part-time lover

To have and hold temporarily forever.

What say you we both get out of here now?

Leave our fear to live in the city that knows how.

We'll reach for paper lanterns in Chinatown.

We'll try to map our future, though it can't be pinned down.

With cigarette holes in our clothes, we'll live exposed; slam poets juxtaposed with the scholars of old English prose. Let' go where no one knows. As long as we're outsiders, we cannot be imposed.

[Verse 2]-

If you want to vent, we can take to smokin',

And give critique of street-art in West Oakland.

Cracks in the pavement couldn't match how much we're broken,

But through our fractured skulls our eyes become wide open.

If hope exists, you are the proof,

Slow-dancing on my childhood home roof.

We're on top of the world, can you feel the altitude?

I feel infinite, though nothing's absolute.

I used to never talk to god, but lately I've been praying that you're heaven-sent.

I take all of you in from the tobacco smoke to perfume scent.

I used to not look to the stars until you lifted my face from the cement.

I've fallen many times before, baby, will you join me in this descent?