Claire -- Where? There!

And it's hard to be steeped in your gaze You're always drinking me, I have no place To be awkward and silent Spoil your tongue with my silence My flavor ripens inside this There is no love without trying There is no easy way when I Crane my neck to kiss your head, I know That there is something that I can rely on And when I strain my thoughts to push this thread I sew Some kind of future that I can be sure of

I couldn't really listen to this song for a long time because it always brings me straight back to that hot, bright afternoon when Alek and I had a fight about prom, and I was so upset and immediately got into the car and drove and drove and drove and cried and played this song over and over and sang/screamed it with the windows rolled down because it was my favorite song at the time. My prom dress was thrown in the backseat because I needed a destination and I decided to go get it hemmed.