Jeff and Josh

Life is about

love
last minutes
and lost evenings

about fire in our bellies
and about furtive little feelings

and the aching amplitudes
that set our needles all a-flickering

And they help us with remembering
that the only thing that's left to do

is live.

After all the loving and the losing
for the heroes and the pioneers
the only thing that's left to do

Is get another round in
at the bar.

When you love someone, you do not love them all the time in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to.

And yet this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of love and of relationships. We leap at the flow of the tide and resist in the terror of the ebb. We are afraid it will never return.

We insist on permanency, on duration, on continuity, when the only continuity possible, in life as in love, is in growth, in fluidity, in freedom.

The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what was in nostalgia, nor forward to what it might be in dread or anticipation, but living in the present relationship and accepting it as it is now.

Relationships must be like islands, one must accept them for what they are here and now, within their limits—islands, surrounded and interrupted by the sea, and continually visited and abandoned by the tides of life.

I've gone too many nights
Chasing the shadow of your silhouette
Moving just to survive
All that I wanted was to start again

Stumbling through the crowd
Feet lifting off the ground looking for you
Washing my fear away
Standing here face to face
Nothing to lose
I won't look back now

I feel the love
I wanna get to know you
I feel the love
Let the past burn into the sun
I feel the love
I really wanna show you now
I feel the love
I wanna get to know you
I feel the love
Let the past burn into the sun
Can't get enough
So much I wanna show you now

It's not over tonight
Stay in this moment, we can hide away
Cause they're gonna turn on the lights
But we're burning bright, no, we'll never fade

Stumbling through the crowd
Feet lifting off the ground looking for you
Washing my fear away
Standing here face to face
Nothing to lose
I won't look back now

I feel the love
I wanna get to know you
I feel the love
Let the past burn into the sun
I feel the love
I really wanna show you now
I feel the love
I wanna get to know you
I feel the love
Let the past burn into the sun
Can't get enough
So much I wanna show you now

I feel the love
Can't get enough
I feel the love
I really wanna show you now

I feel the love
I wanna get to know you
I feel the love
Let the past burn into the sun
Can't get enough
So much I wanna show you now

I wasn't there the moment
You first learned to breathe
But I'm on my way, on my way
I wasn't there the moment
You got off your knees
But I'm on my way, I'm on my way

Lay down
And come alive in all you've found
All you're meant to be
And for now
Wait until the morning light
And close our eyes to see
Just close your eyes to see

A tear must have formed in my eye
When you had your first kiss
But I'm on my way, on my way
So leave a space deep inside
For everything I'll miss
'Cause I'm on my way, on my way

Lay down
And come alive in all you've found
All you're meant to be, oh
And for now
Wait until the morning light
And close our eyes to see
Just close your eyes to see

And when you feel no saving grace
Well I'm on my way, on my way
And when you're bound to second place
Well I'm on my way, on my way oh
So don't believe it's all in vain
Cause I'm on my way, on my way oh
The lie I did is worth the pain
'Cause I'm on my way, on my way oh

I'll be there the moment
You come out in white
'Cause I'm on my way
On my way

Can I tell you something just between you and me?
When I hear your voice, I know I'm finally free
Every single word is perfect as it can be
And I need you here with me
When you lift me up, I know that I'll never fall
I can speak to you by saying nothing at all
Every single time, I find it harder to breathe
'Cause I need you here with me

Every day
You're saying the words that I want you to say
There's a pain in my heart and it won't go away
Now I know I'm falling in deep
'Cause I need you here with me
Every day
You're saying the words that I want you to say
There's a pain in my heart and it won't go away
Now I know I'm falling in deep
'Cause I need you here with me

I think I see your face in every place that I go
I try to hide it, but I know that it's gonna show
Every single night, I find it harder to sleep
'Cause I need you here with me

Everyday
You're saying the words that I want you to say
There's a pain in my heart and it won't go away
Now I know I'm falling in deep
'Cause I need you here with me
Every day
You're saying the words that I want you to say
There's a pain in my heart and it won't go away
Now I know I'm falling in deep
'Cause I need you here with me

Can I tell you something just between you and me?
When I hear your voice, I know I'm finally free
Every single word is perfect as it can be
'Cause I need you here with me

Killed the demons of my mind
Ever since you came around
We're a river, running wild
How could I have been so blind?

I just live a fast life
Forget about the past
I numb up out to escape my feels

Friendships only pass by
Show up gone like strobe lights
With you I feel something real

And I'd walk a million miles just to see your smile
Till the day I die
Oh, I need you by my side
We get high on life
Till the day we die

High on life till the day we die
High on life till the day we die
High on life till the day we die

And I'd walk a million miles just to see your smile
Till the day I die

High on life till the day we die

Through my fingers, out of sight
How could I have let you go?
Cutting corners, turning stones
But I can only see your ghost

I just live a fast life
Forget about the past
I numb up to escape my feels
And friendships only pass by
Show up gone like strobe lights
With you I feel something real

And I'd walk a million miles just to see your smile
Till the day I die
Oh, I need you by my side,
We get high on life
Till the day we die

High on life till the day we die
Oh, I need you by my side
We get high on life
Till the day we die

High on life till the day we die

And I'd walk a million miles just to see you smile
Till the day I die
Oh, I need you by my side
We get high on life
Till the day we die

In the darkness
All I see is you
You
When I'm lost
You lead me home
It's true
Oh

So don't stop now
I'm falling for you, I can't lie
I wanted you to stay
'Cause it's hard to run away

So don't stop now
I'm falling for you, I can't lie
I wanted you to stay
'Cause it's hard to run away
It's hard to run away

Oh, feels like we're falling for the first time
Oh, this is exactly what it feels like
When I can't go to sleep unless you're laying next to me
Oh, feels like we're falling for the first time

Feels like we're falling for the first time
Feels like we're falling for the first time

I, I knew that you were worth it
I, don't know if I deserve this
You, have given me a purpose
You, yeah you were always worth it
I, I know that you're worth it
I, don't know if I deserve this
You, have given me a purpose
You, yeah you were always worth it

So don't stop now
I'm falling for you, I can't lie
I wanted you to stay
'Cause it's hard to run away

So don't stop now
I'm falling for you, I can't lie
I wanted you to stay
'Cause it's hard to run away
It's hard to run away

Oh, feels like I'm falling for the first time
Oh, this is exactly what it feels like
When I can't go to sleep unless you're laying next to me
Feels like we're falling for the first time

Oh, feels like I'm falling for the first time
Oh, this is exactly what it feels like
When I can't go to sleep unless you're laying next to me
Feels like we're falling for the first time

When I can't go to sleep unless you're laying next to me
Feels like we're falling for the first time

Feels like we're falling for the first time
Feels like we're falling for the first time

For all the things I never said
I'm sorry that I never did
I thank you for your precious time
For teaching me how to climb

I love you more than summertime
You've been such a good friend of mine
And every sacred word is true
I learned to love because of you and

Oh mama I saw the world
And it was good
And full of kindness
Every step I took you held my hand
And watched me grow
You'll never know
How much I love you
And I am not afraid, I'm not afraid
I finally grew
Mama this one's for you

You always look beyond the dark
You told me joy lives in the heart
And life is what you make of it
Make sure to cherish every bit and

Oh mama I saw the world
And it was good
And full if kindness
Every step I took you held my hand
And watched me grow
You'll never know
How much I love you
And I am not afraid, I'm not afraid
I finally grew
Mama this one's for you
You, you, you
Mama this one's for you
You, you, you
Mama this one's for you