American Townhouse Lyrics

Windows are lit, generous warmth outflows

Against the pale gray of November snow

The thin wooden columns hold up the roof

Like the figures inside I assume

The old welcome sign and the leaning broom

And the children's voices in their rooms

It makes me lonely

When I walk these streets

Palms open empty

I long for a place for me

Just beyond the limestone

A place called home

Someone I'll love

Beyond friendship and beyond trust

I daydream of meeting your homely presence

But the rain drips away my feeble imagination

Just beyond the limestone

A place called home

Someone I'll love

Beyond friendship and beyond trust

Sucked into the storm drains

My meaningless actions

Along with the leaves

All lifeless and fallen

The stars, the stripes, smothered in the wind

The rain is cruel and leaves marks on my skin

My coat is soaked, but I still want more

There's something I crave for in this door

Try my best to walk away, to ignore

The knots tangled deep within my core

It makes me lonely

When I walk these streets

Palms open empty

I long for a place for me

Just beyond the limestone

A place called home

Someone I'll love

Beyond friendship and beyond trust

I daydream of meeting your homely presence

But the rain drips away my feeble imagination

Just beyond the limestone

A place called home

Someone I'll love

Beyond friendship and beyond trust

Sucked into the storm drains

My meaningless actions

Along with the leaves

All lifeless and fallen

Fallen, fallen, and fallen

It's just like magic, what this weather does

I'm almost never this soft in my heart

Drop me in the center of some novella

So you'll show up with an umbrella

Suffocate me gently with your body heat

And carry me home where we should be

Just beyond the limestone

A place called home

Someone I'll love

Beyond friendship and beyond trust

I daydream of meeting your homely presence

But the rain drips away my feeble imagination

Just beyond the limestone

A place called home

Someone I'll love

Beyond friendship and beyond trust

Sucked into the storm drains

My meaningless actions

Along with the leaves

All lifeless and fallen