the cup of tea

I reread the conversation we had a year ago
And none of it belongs near me anymore
All the anger has flown like birds on a wind and
Like flight on a foot it’s gone and is never to be seen

Tomorrow we’ll go for tea like it never happened
And pretend that never a tear was shed
That every phone call between now and then has
Disappeared

Maybe we’ll talk about it someday,
But today is just about this future we have
And that it’s about us
As friends

Maybe I’ll send you a postcard from the part
Where our friendship is in one piece
And I’m not in love
With you anymore

We’ll eat Chinese food at the scary place
At the top of the hill
And talk about how one day we’ll be real
Musicians and make truth scream from our lungs

No one believes in the hours we’ve
Spent getting to know each other
In every way but carnal
And tomorrow we’ll go for tea like it never happened

You were there to wipe the tear streaks from my face
And to call me when I needed you
I wonder how long it will be until
You are my home and I
Mmmmmm

I’ll never want more than you
To make me tea and pretend the complications never
Happened
Where we can discuss all the big things that have
Happened to each other and apart

Where every thought has
Mmmmmm
Where every secret is still kept and
Mmmmmm
I don’t want anything more than
To have you make me a cup of
English breakfast with sugar
And throw a football until
I’m one of the guys again
And I’m not really alone
Until you leave and
Mmmmmm

There are pieces of me
Dependant on you
And you are it for me in that
Regard
And I can’t wait until I get
To the part where you can distract
Me from the you that takes up my ideal
Mmmmmm

Yes I’ll drive you to work until
You specifically ask me not to
And I’ll get home and be all right
Not waiting for hours again and again
For you not to come see me

I just want more than anything
For you to come here and tell me
Nothing ever happened
And it’s all good and that we’re irreplaceable
And we have the stamps of approval to move on

And I’m shocked it’s taken this much out of me
But I can’t show you
Because you have it all locked down
Mmmmmm
And one day we’ll be drinking the tea you’ve made
Like nothing ever happened.