I sit across from you
Sipping my pumpkin spice latte
Enjoying the way it trickles down my throat
Smiling to myself
At the absurdity of it all

How we met just briefly
And for some reason you seem so sure
that this is all going somewhere

[But in the back of my mind
I knew I was right all along]

You talk about your life
And I keep pressing for more
Avoiding that awkward silence
Creeping under the table
Where our hands are playing
with our invisible slinkys
as we try to hide our angst

It didn't quite feel like time was inching by
It sort of stood still
Like it does in the movies
Only the air wasn't electrical
It was just sort of static
that charged the shivers
we felt from the weather

[global warming my ass]

I didn't quite know what I could say
that would be so profound
to keep you seeing me your way
I knew that I was never going to add up
to the girl you pictured in your mind
but still,
I wanted to try.

As the night started to end
and I felt the tinge of regret
radiating from your stance
as you said goodbye--
something about calling you...

[though I didn't quite understand the point]

I didn't want to force it--
Being something I'm not...
But I decided to play along
And be a pawn in your game

But just know that as soon
As we said our goodbyes
I knew I was right along

[In the back of my mind]