Away Too Long

every time your windshield wiper pushes water to the wind

every vine street condo tower garcetti permitted comes to light

beyond mulholland, rainfall dropping to the dam

i've detuned, i see me and you but i don't know who i am

i've been away

left the bad attachment city thinking maybe it would heal

then i came back for the feeling of an unrequited call

all the pain, all the burnt remains, i'm still sorting through the fall

i've been away too long

i've been away too long

from across the center console, you reach out and trace my palm

touch alone sets me in a stack of mnemonic recall

every love of mine dead-ended, every conversation stalled

every time i was driverside when the streetlights flickered off

i've been away too long to fall in love

steady rain