bare legs in the snow

bare legs in the snow, 
you cut my hair and told me to get some sleep. 
i don't want to do anything without you 
i don't want to do anything at all. 
the snow filled the air, icing sugar dream 
i wrote my name on the window 
you closed all the doors as the lights went out 
living by candlelight during the storm. 
they all shake their heads, write poisonous words 
in ink that stains my skin 
though i fall apart so easily, you keep your head 
reassuring and promising me. 

you said 
"i will take care of you, i don't care if it's not allowed 
say what they will, we don't have to stick around 
we can go anywhere, we can go any place that you want. 
oh please baby don't cry, slow down and hold my hand 
i love you, believe me, but your search for a better man 
has left you so bitter, shaken by the winter wind. 
and i know that you're scared, i know that you're tired of this 
afraid of the thoughts you can't get out of your head 
you never expect, you never see it coming at all." 

your voice on the phone is only thing that i've known 
to be pure 
the words you speak circulate and they keep my heart awake 
i am sure 
though your memories exceed mine, you were a child in another time 
i know what i need 
right now i'm waiting for you, it's all i know how to do 
regardless of what may follow or preceed 

we can run away in the night, escape it all, everything 
go to new york or straight up to outer space 
make love in the clouds, sleep soundly among the angels 
we have suitcases filled with road maps and dollar bills 
train tickets, coffee cups and decades of time to kill 
i want you right now, i want you til the day that i die 
there's a war in the sky, gunfire and burning flags 
but nothing compares to the battle my heart has waged 
if i die by your hand, i will die with your flag at my side.