In Love

I remember
 The night we met
 That night we sat
 Entwined
 Under summer skies
 I looked into your eyes
 And
 You looked into mine
 You said
 Oleander holly
 "You're not like the rest"
 And I nodded
 Crimson feet of Collie
 "No one understands me"
 You said
 And I nodded once again
 Beautiful and lovely
 As if to agree that all men
 Are indeed the same
 My baby
 Somehow, you said
 The only one
 I was different
 Who really understands me
 Floating hand in hand we
 Whisper in the moonlight
 And say that I'm
 The things you want to see
 Kody and her star child
 For months on end
 I maintained
 Goddess of the moonlight
 A veneer of sincere interest
 Hold me in the morning
 As if I were listening
 As you relived every page
 And tell me I'm
 Of self-help and new age
 the only one alive
 That you'd read
 And
 Who really understands you
 I went in for the kill
 I'd read the same books
 Tell me pretty stories
 I learned to ape the motions
 Of a sensitive human being
 Say you understand me
 And we were oh, so happy
 My baby
 But you found things to fix
 The things you want to see
 And I knew it was time
 To move on
 But I could never be
 In love
 In love
 So now you have me
 Completely figured out
 You feel sorry for me
 I can't express my feelings
 I can't tell the truth
 We are all alike
 At puberty, I was sworn to secrecy
 By the international brotherhood
 Of lying, fickle males
 I can't tell you anything
 And I can't commit
 You're right
 I can't commit
 To you
 Hold me in the morning
 I will always treasure
 Our time together
 Tell me pretty stories
 I don't feel enough of anything
 To harbor the kind of disdain
 Say that you're the only one
 That you'll maintain
 You painted me into what you
 My baby
 Wanted to see
 That's fine
 But I could never be
 But you will never know me
 In love
 In love
 Oleander holly
 Crimson feet of Collie
 Beautiful and lovely
 My baby
 The only one
 Who really understands me