When i saw you in the backyard, you looked sharp like a curse Then the weeks passed and you became my favorite word Those front porch nights where we sweat out our pasts Eyes to the ground, then right into yours, With a short nervous laugh Days laid back on my bed, where i dreamt of How to make my life better That summer i was broke, i only bought used records And every night you and i would Watch our street lamp shadows grow We blurred in the heat, slept on the beach, And drank on the patio And you said, "my friend, you feel things so deeply You treat your lovers so sweetly How are you alone? why are you alone?" It was tough cause we always knew time Would take us over that horizon I often thought about it when we were driving You looked over at me and you turned down the car stereo You said, "parting is for parts, you and me, We're the sum of the whole" "And we feel things so deeply You treat your lovers so sweetly How are you alone? why are you alone?" Time roughs up cuts that were once so tender Still i'll always feel it, i'll always remember: Whatever the condition, whereever your heart goes You were my apparition and i was your ghost