Residue

When we're alone My mind goes where it shouldn't and Minute hand replaces the second And I do what any other person can But now that you're gone My jaded mind can wander through A sacred place I kept for you And on me from head to toe your residue Trace me gentle Put me right up in your bathroom drawer Left here alone I am the blemish on a spotless floor Your furnace glows In a chasm where a river runs dry Along the back roads of a neighborhood In a town with no sky When I get you alone It's always only for a second and There's always talk of another man And I bear about as much as any other person I can Did I force your hand Maybe I turned up the heat In that case I just appreciate That you've kept it so discreet But we both know What frost says about fire And in a field of snow there's a blinding glow And the flames will only grow higher When we were alone My mind went where it shouldn't have Minute hand replaced the second And I did what any other person can And now that you're gone My faded mind just wanders through A sacred place I kept for you And quietly I thank you for your residue