As we were talking outside, it was cold
We were shivering yet, warmed by the subject matter
My wife is in the next room, we've been having troubles, you know
Please don't tell her or anyone, but I need to talk to somebody
You said "wouldn't it be a shame if I knew how great I was
Five minutes before I died, I'd be filled with such regret
Before I took my last breath" and I said "you're willing to tell me this now
And you're not going to die anytime soon"
And I said "I haven't been eating chicken or meat or anything and you said"
"Yes, but you've been wearing leather
And laughed and said we're at the top of the food chain, and yes, you're still a fine woman
And I cringed"
I was hoping
I was hoping we could heal each other
I was hoping
I was hoping we could be raw together
We left the restaurant where the head waiter in his 60s said
"Goodbye, sir, thank you for your business, sir
You're successful and established, sir and we like the frequency with which you dine here, sir
And your money"
And when I walked by, they said "thank you too, dear"
I was all pigtails and cords and there was a day when I would've said something like
"Hey, dude, I could buy and sell this place, so kiss it"
I too once thought I was owed something
I was hoping
I was hoping we could challenge each other
I was hoping
I was hoping we could crack each other up
I too thought that when proved wrong, I lost somehow and
I too once thought life was cruel
And it's a cycle, really, you think I'm withdrawing and guilt tripping, you
I think you're insensitive and I don't feel heard and I said "do you believe we are
Fundamentally judgmental, fundamentally evil?"
And you said "yes", I said I don't believe in revenge
In right or wrong, good or bad, you said "well, what about the man that I saw handcuffed
In the emergency room, bleeding after beating his kid and she threw a shoe at his head and I think what he did was wrong
And I would've had a hard time feeling compassion for him"
I had to watch my tone for fear of having you feel judged
I was hoping
I was hoping we could dance together
I was hoping
I was hoping we could be creamy together
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