Just Once - DM Stith

What did I say to send you a-rumblin' past

me

I was afraid I would lose you someday like I

lost me that day

and in all my dreams your face is hidden

from me

formless in some velvety shade

what were you hiding from, who were you

hiding from

I wanted to know

and what is done, I can’t leave it alone

I have to know I have to know I have to know

and just once, just once, just once, did you

love me once?

I’ve been ready…

what did I say?

oh God, what did I say?

and what did you want what did you want

what did you want?

a life in the dark?

a life in the dark?

and what is done, I can’t leave it alone

I didn’t know, I didn’t know

but just once, just once, just once, did you

love me once?

and just once, just once, just once did you

love me once?

I have been ready for so long, for so long

and I’m not allowed the pity

but did I ever once pretend, pretend,

pretend?

and Isaac’s pyre hopping

and Abraham is calling «who's next?

who’s

next?

who’s next?»

and I’m fat and drowsy, I’m fat and drowsy…

I’ll make you a bet, I’ll make you bet

you knew it would wash away

in the crying and the gush

and the New England rain

but I’m not afraid.

I’m not afraid.

and just once, just once, just once

I could love you once

and just just once, just once, just once

I could love you once…