Jay Brannan - Both Hands (Ani Defranco Cover) lyrics

rate me

I am walking out in the rain

and I am listening to the low moan of the dial tone again

And I am getting nowhere with you

And I can't let it go

And I can't get through

And the old woman behind pink curtains

And closed door, on the first floor

She's listening through the air shaft

To see how long our swan song can last

And both hands

Please use both hands.

Oh no don't close your eyes.

I am writing graffiti on your body

I am drawing the story of how hard we tried

How hard we tried

How hard we tried

And I am watching your chest rise and fall

Like the tides of my life and the rest of it all

And your bones have been my bed frame

And your flesh has been my pillow

I've been waiting for sleep

To offer up the deep, with both hands

Oh ah, with both hands

And in each others shadow we grew less and less tall

and eventually our theories couldn't explain it all.

I'm recording our history now on the bedroom wall

And when we leave the landlord will come

And paint over it all.

I'm walking out in the rain

And I am listening to the low moan of the dial tone again

And I am getting nowhere with you

And I can't let it go

And I can't get through

Both hands, please use both hands.

Don't close your eyes

I am writing graffiti on your body

I am drawing the story of how hard we tried

How hard we tried