Nocturne Lyrics - The Roches

You ask me why 

We cannot make love 

I have been ransacking you 

For the answer 

Side by side we lay 

Not touching 

Listening to rain falling 

In the darkness 

Where desire writhed 

There stands a stone 

The change was sudden and complete 

A serious question 

We have turned out to ask 

We have sought each other secretly 

Strong has been the urge 

To lie naked facing fear 

Quietly and quickly 

Our sentences blaze trails upon the night 

We are mates on a doubtful voyage 

Speaking sanely now 

Allotting no lovers advantage 

My room is anxious to expel him 

He hurries to be free of my feelings 

We wear our words 

Until he finally dresses 

Looking for his shoes 

He is a shadow in my doorway