Luster

I'm posting this tonight for a friend. I wrote "Luster" sometime in '04 I believe. It was both autobiographical and modeled after similar experiences in some of my friends' lives. And just now I was thinking about a conversation I had tonight with a good friend, and this song crossed my mind, so...this is for you A.

Air so close
Haze all I see
There you are perfect
Stock smile in front of me
How do you choose
The promises to break?
How do you choose
Which ones to keep?

The luster fades away

It’s just way too hot outside
I just want to stay in
But I see you’re ready to go out
It’s summer again
You crossed the line so I tried my
Best to leave you then
I’m sick of it now but I’m guessing somehow
I will stay and let you win

Eyes burn with sweat
I hardly breathe
Never a look I give
You seem to see
I know I have free will
All the memories I could kill
But for what?
It's all too hard for me

The luster fades away

It’s just way too hot outside
I just want to stay in
But I see you’re ready to go out
It’s summer again
You crossed the line so I tried my
Best to leave you then
I’m sick of it now but I’m guessing somehow
I will stay and let you win

I thought I heard
You say alright
But I couldn't be
For sure
Oh, but then
You would just
Lie again
To me

It’s just way too hot outside
I just want to stay in
But I see you’re ready to go out
It’s summer again
You crossed the line so I tried my
Best to leave you then
I’m sick of it now but I’m guessing somehow
I will stay and let you win