In Love But Not At Peace Lyrics - Dar Williams

Love took a long time, it followed me here 

And it landed on light feet, and it whispered in my ear 

Love spoke of my past as a valuable test 

And smiled, and said she who loves last loves best 

'Cause you know life is hard, but now you also know your mind 

So now you're going out to love, but on your own side this time 

Where you still think of famine, and you still dig up train fare 

And you won't mind the wrinkles, 'cause you know how they got there 

In love but not at peace, in love but not at peace 

Once for me, love was the boat inside of a bottle, it felt like a gondola ride 

When you float with the nicknack's, and you don't hear a sound 

Where the fish never lived, and you don't miss the ground 

Then the moon hangs above like a Valium pill 

And I say I'll be fine, but I don't think that I will 

But today I got work, and I like it that way 

It's a case of a still life gone cine a verit 

In love but not at peace, in love but not at peace 

And I still need the beauty of words sung and spoken 

And I live with the fear that my spirit will be broken 

And that's the way I thought it would be 

That's the way I always wanted it to be 

So I'll keep you wondering what time I'm arriving 

You drive me crazy with your backseat driving 

And I'll talk in my sleep and you'll steal all the covers 

We'll argue it out and we'll call ourselves lovers 

And I'll stay in my body and you'll stay in your own 

'Cause we know that we're born and we're dying alone 

So turn out the light while the sirens are screaming 

And we kiss for the waking, and then join the dreaming 

In love, but not at peace, in love, but not at peace