Keep the Car Running

Looking at you,
Looking at me,
This is so us.

Yet why is it them?

They knew your name,
She knew my face,
When is it coming?

It's the same story,
With a different name.
A story long told,
Long past,
Yet it's a new rhyme,
New tale.

The car is still running,
My feet are still below me.

That same place you knew,
And I knew.

Somehow I can't get through,
Or around.

We both know,
but can't tell.

The car is still running,
and my feet are still moving.

Not wanting to face what's in front of me,
But terrified of going back,
Back to that place,
Back to that time...

Can this be?
Can it be real?
How is this?

Late at night I can hear this sound,
The river is too deep,
and I've forgotten how to swim.

I'm not supposed to feel this way,
But I know it's name,
and you know it's face.

Yet we can't face it.

So we keep the car running,
and our feet moving.

I can tell,
and you can see.
Lookin' at you,
lookin' at me,
it's so us,
and oh so sweet.

I can't stay,
and you can't tell.

At least you know it's name,
at least I see it's face...

When is it coming?
When is it coming...
The fears to deep,
the river to wide.

Yet that still frame is still there,
In my mind it's a runnin'
In your mind it's that feelin'

It's the feeling that's so deep,
the excitement, that's hard to believe.

So we keep the car running.