It was the strangest thing today<br />
I saw new footprints in abandoned pathways<br />
Beneath forgotten undergrowth something stirring again<br />
You were a single red blood cell<br />
But I lost you in this knot of capillaries<br />
But you were bringing me oxygen when I needed it most in the<br />
Smoke<br />
<br />
And you were always<br />
As far as Mongolia, as close as my clothes<br />
Your presence pervading, but it still never shows<br />
As close as the answer I never quite know, or I don't quite remember<br />
Your distance insidious, as soft as a blow<br />
Your shadow is with me wherever I go<br />
It's on the tip of my tongue but still I never quite know, or don't quite remember<br />
I don't quite remember<br />
<br />
The forced proximity of a million different Mike Leigh movies<br />
Makes me long for the fresh air of a familiar face<br />
And not the violence of loneliness, nor the unease of surrounded seclusion<br />
I keep nearly missing you around corners and in passing trains<br />
<br />
As far as Mongolia, as close as my clothes<br />
Your presence pervading, but it still never shows<br />
As close as the answer I never quite know, or don't quite remember<br />
Your distance insidious, as soft as a blow<br />
Your shadow is with me wherever I go<br />
On the tip of my tongue, it's on the tip of my-<br />
<br />
If I'd known<br />
If I'd known<br />
If I'd known<br />
If I'd known<br />
If I'd known<br />
If I'd known<br />
If I'd known<br />
If I'd known<br />
If I'd known<br />
If I'd known<br />
<br />
That you weren't so far away<br />
That you weren't so far away<br />
That you weren't so far away<br />
That you were never that far away<br />
That you weren't so far away<br />
That you weren't so far away<br />
That you weren't so far away<br />
<br />
I could've rode<br />
This<br />
Train<br />
Smiling