Heartbreak Even

Ani Difranco



it's a heartbreak even situation 
nothing lost and nothing gained 
so i'm 10 years old again 
standing in the backyard waving at a train 

i feel you make love to me slightly 
every time you let a little laugh slip too soon 
and the moment passes over us so lightly 
it feels like sand blowing over a dune 

you try not to let your emotions show 
but it ain't a balloon you can just let go 
it's an ice cream cone dripping in the sun 
sticky hands 
sticky arms 
sticky situation 

it's a heartbreak even situation 
one part powerful elation 
one part pitiful and frail 
and i'm trying to feel my way around 
a book of promises written in braille 

there is pressure from within this 
and pressure from above 
there is pressure on our tenuous, strenuous love 
and there's wet wool blankets one, two, three 
laid onto my chest 
'til i just can't breathe 

and i try not to let my emotions show 
but it ain't a balloon i can just let go 
it's an ice cream cone dripping in the sun 
sticky hands 
sticky arms 
sticky situation 


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