I Believe (Acoustic Version) - Caroline Polachek

It all started nine years ago You sat to my left back in school The future showed itself to me The God in you, the God in me Stood together like two trees I was so shy to inquire If you would like tea sometime But then in my Mercury Hand on hand, hand on knee, mercy, mercy, mercy me Hand on hand, hand on knee, mercy, mercy And I believe in love to be the center of all things And I believe in love to be the way And I believe in love to be the center of all things And I believe in love to be the way To find our inner light I saw a vision where we Were opening presents Christmas Day But we were not all alone The wedding was shotgun We had a daughter and a son So how cruel to realize You had a woman all the time, umm hmm My love burns bright as the sun The clouds may come, the clouds may go And I'll still be here at your door The clouds may come, the clouds may go And I'll still be here And I believe in love to be the center of all things And I believe in love to be the way And I believe in love to be the center of all things And I believe in love to be the way Thank you for waiting through my lovers Knowing we could come home to each other Yes, I have waited through these winters My true love was waiting here, yeah And I believe in love to be the center of all things And I believe in love to be the way And I believe in love to be the center of all things And I believe in love to be the way And I believe in love, love, love, I believe in love I'll go on lovin', I'll go on lovin', I believe in love Love yes love, love, I believe in love And I believe in love, love, love, yeah yeah Love, love, love

Earth went silent London fell asleep She dreamed of winter Where you appeared to me Perfect timing as new petals in november A tender creature A fever Disarming, fluorescent There you were With your mirror Shining the world all over me There I was With my butterfly net Trying to catch your light I collected Stupid ashes So that after you'd gone I could hold onto something But you stayed unwavering Through every false goodbye Unsubsiding, pining For now and for never There you were With your mirror Shining the world all over me There I was With my butterfly net Trying to catch your light Oh, if only The umbrella of the sky Could wrap us up and up That's where I'd zoom in close Dilated as your eyes Until then I'll keep it brief Faithful inertia Her bullet doesn't slow It seeks and finds me How far it goes Heaven help me Take this bag of wings And drown it in the Thames And wake tomorrow Hollow, hardly forgetting There you were There I was With my butterfly net Trying to catch your light

Awake from a dream One that started as a nightmare Like a war so extreme It erased itself from memory Here's where I jumped From the airplane without questioning it The curve of the coast of Los Angeles Spreading itself below And blooming overhead The parachute I've got to trust it now, ohh-oh Change in the wind And I'm drifting from the crescent Pulled farther out From the shore than where I can swim to it And blooming overhead The parachute I've got to trust it now, ohh-oh Closing in on the sparkle of the waves Go on, take me It will feel like going home Go on, take me I'm not afraid to drown What is this Pulling me back the other way To strip malls, highways, and treetops Landing on the soft ground

How long can sunlight stay Warm in the storm How long 'til the bath runs cold Come dawn, come day, come half-awake Come blue, come grey, come waves that break And it's not enough No reply, no relief Dreams of dried fields That once were green Burnt by someone just like me Come dawn, come day, come half-awake Come blue, come grey, come waves that break And it's not enough No reply, no relief Hold on Hold on To save a single living piece of us I still got it I still got your heat

Starlight in the tunnel Kind of familiar Hopedrunk everasking How does it feel to know Your final form? So old, so new Pull close to me and never be alone Ooh Real life is a rumor Under the theatre Deeper, dig it deeper 'Til the meanwhile slows They'll find our bones And yet, they won't Pull close to me and never be alone Ooh Dawn is just a headspace Night is a feeling Hopedrunk everasking Centuries come and go They'll find our bones And yet, they won't