I Should Have Looked Away Letra

And that lack of stillness which I find so mesmerizing
As I'm observing your recoiling frame
Undulating like a tidal crest and fall
Then you shudder gently back to center
Until the next wave
And I can almost time a rhythm to it all
And I should have known better
Than to do this to my very own
And I should have just let her look away
I should have looked away so long ago

And your beauty is a study of aesthetic
Peak and failure from one moment to the next
Unrelenting, mythic then approachable, imperfect
And I have tried to dignify it most respectfully
I have attempted drawing back my gaze
So to distract this curiosity away
But once my vision was compelled
And the verse began to flow
Then to this powerful communion I'm held sway
And I couldn't have weathered
This most tempestuous of seasons on my own
If I hadn't been tethered to your unknowableness
I would have blown away so long ago

And my heart is draining out along my arms down to the fingers which have toughened at the tips
From colliding with the instruments that after so long You have coaxed me back into touch with once again
As I lay my head down on the keys
And weeping on the ivory, beseeching "let me be"
Then wearily I lift and my hands begin to find their way
Along to another melody
And I should have known better
Than to do this to my very own
And I should have just let her look away
I should have looked away so long ago