Erin Mckeown - Love In 2 Parts lyrics

Oh, there's hope in poetry, comfort in fiction Like the voice of Walt Whitman for example I have noticed something You will have noticed this too We cut the words off short We like either or We are the virgin and the who*e You will have noticed this too So I am led to say purely for example, purely for survival And speaking of course from my own experience When I'm drunk it's easy When I'm sober I try not to love you so hard Will not love you so hard You will have noticed this too For you were on the other side In a San Francisco loft you couldn't pay for I could feel your heart beat through the floor boards I waved my hope around like a cheap flag Whose colours had faded Whose emblem was laughable What is whiskey in the morning but a clear path to the door? What would Uncle Walt say to the silent floorboard? Hope Hope