Watermark Lyrics - The Weakerthans

I count to three and grin 

You smile and let me in 

We sit and watch the wall 

You paint it purple 

Speech will spill on space 

Our little cups of grace 

But pauses rattle on 

About the way 

That you cut the snow-fence 

Braved the blood 

The metal of those hearts 

That you always end up pressing your tongue to 

How your body still remembers things 

You told it to forget 

How those furious affections followed you 

I've got this store-bought way 

Of saying I'm okay 

And you learned how to cry 

In total silence 

We're talented and bright 

We're lonely and uptight 

We've found some lovely ways 

To disappoint 

But the airport's always almost empty this time of the year 

So let's go play on a baggage carousel 

Set our watches forward like we're just arriving here 

From a past we left in a place we knew too well 

We knew too well 

We knew too well 

Hold on 

To the corners of today 

And we'll fold it up to save 

Until it's needed 

Stand still 

Let me scrub that brackish line 

That you got when something rose 

And then receded 

Hold on