When you said yes, you were in
I counted backwards to conception
How many years had I waited to feel forever
As if forever were a thing
A single moment stretched like string
You wind the clock with your intentions and I’m spun
Your careful hand weights my arm
Meaning love, meaning harm
Forever right now
A game of numbers
I’m at 7, you’re at 8
Past the middle, through the gate
Hit me sideways in that dream that lives beside us
Catch your fingers in my hair
Fuck me up til I’m not there
Make me forget that someday I won’t miss you
Your eyes blink like warning lights
Why do we circle the same fire
Forever right now
A game of numbers
Your careful hand weights my arm
Meaning love, meaning harm
Forever right now
A game of numbers
credits
from Arlene,
released March 12, 2021
Written by Kate Long and Kenny Childers
Played by Kate Long, Ben Lumsdaine, Glenn Myers, Drake Ritter
supported by 22 fans who also own “Game of Numbers”
This is becoming one of my all-time favorite live albums. Outstanding setlist of some of her best songs, the band on point, and just a beautiful performance. jae
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