Your lips draw back a curve to the corners
Of your mouth when the world gets you talking passionate
Of corporate schemes, get rich philosophy
I watch you from the corner of the room
On the edge of my seat in the shadow of the mantel place
Tussling embers, a pop from the fireplace
Through the slow nights and cold days
Through the strangeness of our ways
Through the straight lines of the maze
Through the twists of fate
Through the twists of fate
Your eyes never once shift toward mine
I'm drawn in close, through the slowing tick of time
I know you're here with me across the room
As your hands search for pearls in your hair
I watch you watch the world from above
With a child's bright eyes as blue as the sky
Through the slow nights and cold days
Through the strangeness of our ways
Through the straight lines of the maze
Through the twists of fate
Through the twists of fate