Interference Fits

[Verse 1: Meredith Graves] I never wanted any children Just a nice apartment with open air And big windows and all the flowers And I could only ever see myself there Yeah, I guess I was too hard for my own good And then my friends began to fall in love First with themselves, then with each other I met my despair at midday light And it was amazing, and I almost cried Nothing that comes and goes is you But you can compensate for loves sake And say yes,and make something together Something new [Verse 2: Meredith Graves] In times of roses who amazes now and here And friends in dresses, interference fits A thousand little ceremonies, we admit We dress up to confront the coming year Theres something present that wasn't before We fade into background, man Of filtered light where and when we can And live out a thousand weird lives In conversations of churches and veils and wives And it makes me strong and unsinkable It makes me sick, it makes the water undrinkable It feels like singing badly in the clear Since we dress to meet the year When did we all decide to give up? Since when do we say to love? [Chorus: Meredith Graves] He broke in and he'll take what he can It burns likes a curse and it fits in my hand A cluster of opals and diamonds and scenes Pay you a penny and stay where I stand Trading the diamonds for some golden band God, what am I doing with somebody's son? In the same way a bulldozer studies an orchid Yes, I am a student of love In the same way that shame changes love and we know it Like your body moves into mine And outgrows it And splits me from mouth down to thigh like a gun What am I doing with somebody's son? We knew better, we knew we would break We gave it until we gave up And we know that we compensate for love's sake Now we say yes We say yes And so-