Jim Flannery - How Does Love Work?

I fucking miss your soul and I dreamt yours missed mine too
You'll always be my baby and my queen, it's true, you're two
In case that I misspoke, or was mistook for a joke, I cherish
Every single word you said, especially ones you wrote
Staring at the stars at night, entangled with your tune
I look up and think about you and I hope you think so too
When will it stop, this space-like exile
Without your love, your voice, your smile
To remember is painful, yet every laugh worthwhile
When I hear your mind, every moon your gone
I wish I could trade my fucking shadow just so we could sing this song
It hurts that we're apart, if I'd know this from the start
I could never have prepared to prevent a shattered heart
These tears are real, this torments real, I know I'm not psychotic just because of how I feel
How could you ignore the path to heal
When our lives remain with so much to reveal
I know that I left, but you left more
Can our story not continue without fear canceling our tour
What have we done and what will we do next
I recall the words I heard and the times you brought me bread
I want this shit forever too, now let's bake some love instead
Then run and tell the neighbors and our family and our friends
As I feel the memories fading, what broke, I ask of you
I'm left missing the vibrations from when you say you love me too
The echo of your voice is still my single favorite tune
And all your special gifts have a (Sapes) (Ni) (I'm) (Trahh) (Oot)
What is our story, are we the ones writing it
If this is life is ours, then it's worth fighting for, isn't it
So kick down the door and light a few matches
I could care less who sees what may happen
Though I can't whisper, I can sure shout
Fuck any mother fucker who thinks they can change my heart
Who else could I talk to that can match my with
And challenge me and inspire me while refusing to quit
Though I'm scared, I still persist
Refusing to believe you'll forever be missed
Your laugh, your hair, your musk, your touch
Forgive me if I sound ill, saying that I can't get enough
Yet I can't be sick, if I survive day after day
Persistently breathing, so I could learn to write this way
Through art, obstruct, with tender sway
'Till love persists to light the way
Through our dreams till it shines your face
And when the time comes that you could leave, instead, you stay
This sounds for you, from my heart to you
This is not a love letter, it's a motherfucking tune
I know how my soul stirred when I first heard your song
Echoing off a waterfall, from your heart, and from your lungs
Sharply shaped by your wicked tongue
That forever with you is where my love belongs
Now that you know how I feel, I don't know what to do
Except accept the possibility that it's just how you feel too
What I'd like to know and I hope you make this true
Is to sing to me the moment, of when you loved me too
Was it when I bumped my head or when we danced instead
Was it something that I said, or something that I wrote
Or when I walked beside you in the silence in the snow
Was it when we sat and pondered what the ancients wrote
Or when we planned to execute our maiden freedom show
Was it art and expression or discussions about heaven
The way the world works or the way some dogs twerk
Was it a moment, a second, a line or a verse
How the fuck did it happen, cause how does love work?

Written by:
Jim Flannery

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