Love's Too Familiar A Word Lyrics - Ellis Paul

I stepped into the room late last night 

Because late is the time I keep 

You were sleeping warm as coal 

In a pocket of comfort and white sheets 

But you don't startle anymore when I step into the room 

Though the hour is later than midnight 

And neither window can place a moon. 

"i missed you," you say 

And it sounds like a promise 

When whispered half asleep 

Your skin still damp with sweat 

From thoughts your dreams refused to keep 

I follow my memory to a switch on a light 

"shut your eyes" my voice cut short 

When darkness turns bright 

"do you love me? " you say 

But love is too familiar a word 

For in this bed 10,000 times a phrase already heard 

But, "yes, I love you" speaks my reply 

Though I know I failed myself and you for not 

Matching how I feel with words of higher wealth 

I know it's lonely in the world tonight 

Because here is more than what's deserved 

And the imbalance can't be summed in black and white 

Cause "love's" too familiar a word.