Proof
let us go then, you and i
with the evening spread out against the sky
the world seems small when we're alone
let the moon and stars be our home
do i dare? do i dare?
could i turn and descend that stair
i want proof! i want proof!
somehow i will live through my dying youth
i want proof
in the room, women come and go
talking of Michelangelo
but when i speak i am not heard
i am the tree speaking to the birds
would it have been worth it after all
to have squeezed the universe into a ball
could i come back and tell you all
that is not what i meant at all
i grow old! i grow old!
but on the beach
i'll wear my trouser's rolled
i want proof! i want proof!
somehow i will live through my dying youth
i want proof
i should have been born a ragged claw
tearing at the seams of nature's law
but i'm just a jockey, and poorly used
atop my body, neglected and confused
we are bound! we are bound!
to sleep till we are woken
but then we drown
i want proof! i want proof!
somehow i will live through my dying youth
i want proof