Just this Once

{fingerpicked

acoustic guitar open, slow gritty slide resonator guitar intro,

dusty vinyl crackle} (hmmmm) I think you're fascinating But I don't let

it show

Do you ever feel the distance Growing wider as we go?

And when the darkness deepens Everything stays still

I'm a stranger in the hallway Watching shadows cross the floor

Watching shadows cross the floor

I wish that I could reach you

If this was a page we'd turn

We would leave the edges folded

For the words we couldn't say

Leave the words between the lines

Leave the echoes where they fall

Just this once... Just this moment...

No, I'm not in love at all

I’m not in love {heavy 808

drop, soaring slide guitar} I think you're fascinating

But there's nowhere left to go

Do you ever feel

tomorrow

Getting closer every day?

Your smile disappears too quickly

Before I know it's gone

Every step toward forever

Feels like walking back again

If this moment was a question

Would you answer honestly?

If this moment could go on

I'd never ask for more

If this moment was the ending

Would you ask me not to stop?

I don't have to speak to know

The silence answers first

Just this once... Just this moment...

No, I'm not in love at all

I’m not in love

There's nothing left to say

Before the morning comes

I'll disappear this time

Just this once... Just this moment...

I'm not in love

I'm only

thinking of you {drums fade out,

solo dusty slide guitar trails off}