Keep Ringing Your Bell
Midnight Confessions: Echoes of Longing in Kevin Devine's Melodic Tale
Lyrics
I'm counting out dollars while I limp to your brownstone.
I am counting my money as I walk with difficulty to your brownstone.
I can just barely cover what I need to get back home.
I can barely cover the expenses needed to return home.
And I know we're allowed indiscretion in our lives,
While we are allowed some indiscretions in life,
But I've been making mine count every night for a while.
I have been purposefully making mine count every night for a while.
I keep deleting your number and name from my cell phone,
I repeatedly remove your number and name from my phone,
But I call every day; that's as far as my act goes.
But I still call you every day, as far as my efforts go.
What you have helps me turn down the noise that I make,
What you possess helps me drown out the noise I create,
But when it stops it just pokes me and keeps me awake.
But when it stops, it disturbs me, keeping me awake.
My friends always warned about living cliches
My friends warned me about living clichés,
But my friends aren't there when I meet you these days.
But they are not around when I meet you these days.
I count people and street signs from the back of your car
I count people and street signs from the back of your car,
And then skip back excited to wherever they are.
Then eagerly return to wherever they are.
I take risks in the stall while they talk by the bar.
I take risks in the stall while they converse by the bar,
I won't go back outside 'til my memory starts
I won't go outside until my memory starts to blur.
Erasing itself into something less brutal,
It erases itself into something less harsh,
Some beautiful bullshit I pretend to belong to.
Some beautiful nonsense I pretend to be part of.
For as long as the trash tucks itself into bed,
As long as the trash settles into bed,
And the beat of my heart and the heat of my breath
And the beat of my heart and the warmth of my breath,
Keep me hopeful and distant and proud of myself,
Keep me optimistic, distant, and proud of myself,
I'll keep ringing your bell every night around twelve.
I will continue ringing your bell every night around twelve.
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