The Golden Palominos - To A Stranger lyrics

It was the hour you make confidences to a stranger It seemed I'd become nearly human enough to think of another person's trouble And we were fellow strangers, then It was the hour you make confidences to a stranger Tell me all your secrets, tell me Tell me all your secrets, tell me I can't believe it you but I can keep a promise (tell me) So tell me, tell me all your secrets The day is so full of noise it might make you feel better It was one of my favourite years It was my favourite year And I thought to myself, I remember, this is what hope feel like Standing at the other end of your favourite year, you remember That when you posses a thing securely, you need never use it Hold back and let go, hold back and let go, let go Hold back and let go, hold back and let go, let go Despair can always produce an answer, and despair asks me now "Would you rather it was love and not lust? Would you rather it was love and not lust?" In cafes, on sidewalks, that man is waving at me, That man is waving at me On a trip to the bookstore or just sit down for awhile in the park That man is waving at me, that man is looking at me (Hold back and let go, hold back and let go, let go) To lie flat, to be pressed down upon (Hold back and let go) Your weight, your legs, your breath, your... your... your... (Hold back and let go, hold back and let go, let go) (Hold back and let go, hold back and let go, let go) And that name will dampen every mood of happiness or fun or Exhilaration with its reminder that love dies, and afternoon and Habit with the day So good... so good... so good... Say it, say it, say it, say it, say it, so good... It was the hour you make confidences to a stranger (so good) It seemed I'd become nearly human enough to think of another person's trouble (so good) And we were fellow strangers, then (so good) It was the hour you make confidences to a stranger (so good) I discovered that I measured love by the extent of my jealousy Did I get it wrong? It was though our love were a creature caught in a trap And bleeding to d**h, I had to shut my eyes and wring it's neck (Would you rather it was love and not lust?) Did I get it wrong? Did I get it wrong? Did I? Did I get it wrong? (Would you rather it was love and not lust? Yes) Tell me all your secrets, tell me Tell me all your secrets, tell me I'll be watching, believe me, will you talk to me? It was the hour you make confidences to a stranger (I said it wrong) Would you rather it was love and not lust? How strange too and unfamilliar to think that one had been loved, That one's presence had once had the power to make a difference Between happiness and dullness in another's day? Would you rather it was love and not lust? (Tell me, tell me all your secrets, tell me, Tell me all your secrets, tell me) And as you carry on with the dance of exposure and camouflage You hold back and let go, hold back and let go, Hold back and let go, let go Hold back and let go, hold back and let go, let go And you can justify it in any way to make yourself feel better, And you try to think about different ways that you can justify it so you can feel a little better. (Hold back and let go, hold back and let go, let go)