Trampoline Lyrics - Joe Henry

The floor will have its way it seems 

It fights me like a trampoline 

It won't let me on the ground 

So this time I'm not coming down 

I've been talking in my sleep 

You once kissed me not to hear me speak 

You loved me just so you could leave 

Every bit of life wrung out of me 

And this time I'm not coming down 

This time I'm not coming down 

Trampoline 

Trampoline 

The whole platoon is overfed 

And we're in this thing over our head 

My mind it's never been so clear 

But I stutter like an auctioneer 

As the night has come alive with dreams 

That hoot and holler, spit and scream 

Every one of them is sick with lust 

But every one of them will outlive us 

And this time I'm not coming down 

This time I'm not coming down 

Trampoline 

Trampoline 

And if I really thought I could 

I'd give up your ghost for good 

But I'm not sure it isn't you 

That keeps my ghost from leaving too 

But I don't miss you half as much 

As who you made me think I was 

When I could see myself the way you do 

I could almost see myself in you 

This time I'm not coming down 

This time I'm not coming down 

Trampoline 

Trampoline