I Almost Didn't Notice - Idlewild

How could I be nothing

Standing in the window

In front of the pale blue curtains three floors up

I’m watching the ground absorb the snow

Which had started falling

Tonight I don’t feel like going much further down the road

Scientists must have miscalculated

These imaginary scenes

That could never ever happen, not even in bad dreams

Then you’re drinking too much

That’s the way my life changes

Escaping but hardly for anything at all

I mistook the sound of ice breaking

For the scattered remains of the sun

Don’t think life ever will

Just lead you to anyone

Drinking in the cafe

Sat over by the window

Another cup of coffee won’t decaffeinate my soul

This luminous emptiness

This feeling of home

It’s perfect for a restless soul like the classic mix of poetry and rock & roll

Nothing’s fixed and static

Not even the old paintings on the library wall

Like details in design

The stars get closer in line with oceans

That have not been sailed before

And maybe that’s the way it’s supposed to be

And maybe that’s the way it’s supposed to be

And maybe that’s the way that I’m meant to feel