Orbiting You

from Orpheus & Swan by David Breslin

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Yeah, I know this is stupid and pointless
And to you it must quickly get old
There’s plenty more firesides where I’d find a welcome
Why shiver out here in the cold?
But my stupid old heart keeps defying
The will of my rational mind
Take a scan through your skies with those bushbaby eyes
And you’ll find

I’m still orbiting you like a moth
Round a candle
Though I know you’ve got more than enough
Love to handle

You’re mixed up with two guys and you’re doubtful
As to which you could stomach to lose
I’d offer myself as the compromise choice
But I’m pretty damn sure you’d refuse.
From this small representative sample
I’ve decided I’m just not your sort
I’m a fish of the wrong kind been snagged on your long line
And caught

And I’m orbiting you like a moth
Round a candle
Though I know you’ve got more than enough
Love to handle

When you see me around and I stare at the ground
Or I chatter and grin like a fool
You handle it gracefully, act like you don’t know
How I long for you
Only you
Only you.

I’m a cold and a distant admirer
A pocked icy moon in the night
Your attraction has slowed my rotation right down,
So I always face into your light.
But I never will dare to move closer
To your breathtaking beauty below.
In five billion more years, when the Sun swells and sears us,
I know

I’ll be orbiting you like a moth
Round a candle
Though I know you’ve got more than enough
Love to handle
Without mine.

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from Orpheus & Swan, released December 3, 2020

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