Letra Love's Too Familiar A Word de Ellis Paul original
I stepped into the room late last night
Because late is the time I keep
You were sleeping warm as coal
In a pocket of comfort and white sheets
But you don't startle anymore when I step into the room
Though the hour is later than midnight
And neither window can place a moon.
'i missed you,' you say
And it sounds like a promise
When whispered half asleep
Your skin still damp with sweat
From thoughts your dreams refused to keep
I follow my memory to a switch on a light
'shut your eyes' my voice cut short
When darkness turns bright
'do you love me? ' you say
But love is too familiar a word
For in this bed 10,000 times a phrase already heard
But, 'yes, I love you' speaks my reply
Though I know I failed myself and you for not
Matching how I feel with words of higher wealth
I know it's lonely in the world tonight
Because here is more than what's deserved
And the imbalance can't be summed in black and white
Cause 'love's' too familiar a word.