Delancey Street 1993
Eternal Struggle on Delancey: A Melodic Quest for Connection
Lyrics
The lights go down on Delancey Street
The lights dim on Delancey Street
rain wet pavement beneath our feet
Rain-soaked pavement beneath our feet
our muted steps are the only sound
Our quiet steps echo as the only sound
that we hear for miles
In the vast silence we traverse for miles
I try to read your thoughts
I attempt to understand your thoughts
I've been wrong before, it came at cost
I've made mistakes before, and they had consequences
you see, I drank that poison willingly
I willingly accepted that harm (poison)
I think I'll drink again
I'm open to repeating that mistake
And maybe I can save us both
Possibly, I can rescue us or buy just one more day
or at least a single day
Or perhaps only leave it to chance
I could just leave it up to chance
I could let fate decide, but I can't simply walk away
but I can never, I can never walk away
We are tethered to an unstable string,
Maybe influenced by cosmic alignment or earthly matters
perhaps by stars aligned or earthly things
Destined for an eternity,
destined for an eternity,
Yet a moment away from collapse
and a moment from collapse
I call your name hoping you'll hear somehow
Hope provides a temporary reprieve from loneliness
hope shades loneliness but just for now
I know you're both near and gone,
I know you're near, and I know you're gone,
And I've known it from the start
and I've known it all along...
But maybe I can save us both
Or perhaps only leave it to chance
or at least a single day
I could let fate decide, but I can't simply walk away
I could just leave it up to chance
but I can never, I can never walk away
Silence creates a hole in a heart already shattered
Silence tears a hole in a heart yet broken
Anticipating the pieces forever out of reach
stillness touch is cold, in anticipation
Little promises you can never catch,
of it over, and the pieces that will forever circle out of reach
But you can almost hear them mocking
little promises you can never catch,
but you can almost hear them laughing
I sit cold on a stranger's steps,
I sit cold on a stranger's steps,
I spend my thoughts searching for my home
on Venice or Adams, I can only guess
Attempting again to make it real
I spend my thoughts looking for my home
trying again to make it real
The sun will rise soon on you and St. Mark's
The sun will rise soon on you and St. Mark's
The lengths we go to justify
and over initials carved in central park
A continent away
the length we both go to justify
a continent away
Possibly, I can rescue us or buy just one more day
And maybe I can save us both
I could let fate decide, but I can't simply walk away
or at least a single day
I could just leave it up to chance
-but I can never, I can never walk away
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