What is this feeling right now

Rising up inside me?

Something from so long ago

I got it: I’m happy.

Simple and sweet

It’s just us and our feet

As we wander the streets late at night

You and me, girl

No one else but the world

And the trees

And the stars burning bright.

I can’t thank you enough

For what

You’ve helped me understand

You somehow woke me up

To wonder

Where the fuck I’ve been

It’s like I’ve never really seen

The life in which I’ve always been.

Look what we’ve made of the world

Industrious and clever

Still it’s been here all along

Around us, below us.

Sidewalks, houses, pavement, poles and cables that cat’s cradle us

Keep us dry and warm

Sheltered from the storms

Structures built above an Earth from which we’ve all been borne

Serve to frame 

All we claim.

As if that’s all that there is

You and I know better

Out in the darkness tonight 

Listen

You feel it?

Simple and sweet

It’s just us and our feet

As we wander the streets late at night

You and me, girl

No one else but the world

And the trees

And the stars burning bright.

You and me, girl

You and me, girl.