it's a heartbreak even situation

nothing lost and nothing gained

so i'm 10 years old again 

standing in the backyard waving at a train



i feel you make love to me slightly 

every time you let a little laugh slip too soon 

and the moment passes over us so lightly 

it feels like sand blowing over a dune 



you try not to let your emotions show

but it ain't a balloon you can just let go 

it's an ice cream cone dripping in the sun 

sticky hands

sticky arms

sticky situation 



it's a heartbreak even situation

one part powerful elation 

one part pitiful and frail 

and i'm trying to feel my way around 

a book of promises written in braille 



there is pressure from within this

and pressure from above

there is pressure on our tenuous, strenuous love 

and there's wet wool blankets one, two, three 

laid onto my chest 

'til i just can't breathe



and i try not to let my emotions show 

but it ain't a balloon i can just let go 

it's an ice cream cone dripping in the sun 

sticky hands

sticky arms

sticky situation