Seemed True - The Weather Station

It seemed true — and it was too

I expect to be fooled, to be won over by no-one

Oh, but when I was won — I was not fooled

Maybe it’s a little soon, he moved in on the weekend

Was it the way he tied his shoes?

The careful way he placed them in my hallway

I saw it all change, or it’s just the same, the same as it’s always been

I’ve always known better, I’m never taken in

Till I was taken in, glad not to know better, to know the pleasure of being

somewhere

In your youth, you wanted to know only the truth

And so, you were so confused how so much escaped you

Left with so little, you felt like you’d been robbed

I sat down beside you so lost

You feel like love would not hold still for you — the sun dropped and the

evening brought a chill that you shivered through, fall all you knew

You expect to be moved, to be shaken and shuddering

Oh, but when you shook, you were not moved

And I can’t do this for you if you won’t allow me to