Empire Builder

this is not
 an escape
 but I don't know how to hold someone without losing my grip
 You'll say I
 was bound to leave
 since I first stepped
 across your borders
 since I crawled
 into your skin
 thought I heard you whisper in the dark
 that you knew where the light would be
 thought I saw your shape against the black
 thought I felt you moving beside me
 we are not alone
 and we are more alone
 than we've ever been
 so hurry up and lose me
 hurry up and find me
 again
 so I'll pass
 the lumber mills
 I'll pass the coal mines
 and the parks
 and the dried up oil fields
 I'll pass a thousand lonely pines
 that bend their backs against the sun
 but I'll mistake the station birds
 for the sound of my phone ringing
 thought I heard you whisper in the dark
 that you knew where the light would be
 don't wait for me to walk a straight line
 you can only hold your breath so long
 we are not alone
 and we are more alone
 than we've ever been
 so hurry up and lose me
 hurry up and find me
 again
 I am no less found to you
 than when I crossed into your silence
 when I held your solitade
 but you never liked it
 when I'd play dead
 and you wondered why my lovesongs are always the grieving kind
 why I wonder all to search for my reflections in the crowd
 oh, forget I said love
 and also, don't forget I said love
 we are not alone
 and we are more alone
 than we've ever been
 so hurry up and lose me
 hurry up and find me
 again