Nearness

We were standing side by side Across an intergalactic divide Breaking bread and holding hands Pretending like a remote love demands I know you don’t wanna hear this But there’s no substitute for nearness We reserved a virtual room So we could watch the late wallflowers bloom At best the feeling’s bittersweet Our love will be restrained until we meet again I know you don’t wanna hear this But there’s no substitute for nearness As vehicles speed A to B Our distance an unparted sea Vroom, vroom Like nocturnal coyote howls My heartburn words turned ghostly vowels Ah-ooo, ah-ooo Take a vow to shrug off doom Forget the world like grown-ups do Enchanted by an empty rendezvous A reverie of nearness we call zoom There’s an invisible bridge Between what it was and what it is Take a wrong step and you’ll fall Some slow themselves to a nostalgic crawl At this pace we’ll never cross Let’s turn around and face the final boss He’ll tell us our work here is done It’s time to admit suffering’s no fun at all I know you don’t wanna hear this But there’s no substitute for nearness I know you don’t wanna hear this But there’s no substitute for nearness As vehicles speed A to B Our distance an unparted sea Like nocturnal coyote howls My heartburn words turned ghostly vowels Enchanted by an empty rendezvous A reverie of nearness we call zoom Vroom, vroom, vroom Ah-ooo, ah-ooo, ah-ooo Vroom, vroom, vroom Ah-ooo, ah-ooo, ah-ooo Find the moonlit river to your soul Vroom, vroom, vroom Ah-ooo, ah-ooo, ah-ooo Find the moonlit river to your soul Vroom, vroom, vroom