Ellis Paul - Love's Too Familiar a Word (poem) lyrics

I stepped into the room late last night Because late is the time I keep You were sleeping warm as coal In a pocket of comfort and white sheets But you don't startle anymore when I step into the room Though the hour is later than midnight And neither window can place a moon "i missed you," you say And it sounds like a promise When whispered half asleep Your skin still damp with sweat From thoughts your dreams refused to keep I follow my memory to a switch on a light "shut your eyes" my voice cut short When darkness turns bright "do you love me? " you say But love is too familiar a word For in this bed 10,000 times a phrase already heard But, "yes, I love you" speaks my reply Though I know I failed myself and you for not Matching how I feel with words of higher wealth I know it's lonely in the world tonight Because here is more than what's deserved And the imbalance can't be summed in black and white Cause "love's" too familiar a word