SLOW TO DROWN:

ACT ONE:

These ones I have known
          they seek to adore me
For reasons unshown
          they thrill as they bore me
I want you to be here
          but don't speak;
          just move your hands around
          in the air

These ones
          by my side
They seek
          to deny

Ask me to hold on
          but won't tell me why
They want me tonight
I want you tonight
Yes, I want you tonight
TONIGHT.

In the absense of all
          you believe will collide
Describe the epiphanies
          that keep you awake at night
My love is too wise

ACT TWO:

It's all in decline
          despite your claims to the nigh
You gather the bruises
          and take it in stride

How can you just stand there
          and not tell me why?
With all the words that you seek
          and all the things that you own?

I want you to find
          all the words to describe
Grapple with doubt
          despite all of your lies

They want me tonight
They want me tonight
They want me tonight
They want me tonight
I want you tonight
I want you tonight
I want you tonight

And besides,
At the end of it all
          there's no chance

April 2002, Michael Anderson