Convents from Shadow Puppets by Spencer LaJoye

How did your bed get smaller
since the last time I stayed over?
Used to be room for the both of us

There with our knees intertwined,
could be yours or could be mine
There used to be nothing but the both of us

And you’d whisper in my ear,
“Let’s join a convent, cut class and get outta here.
Say that you would
It could be good.”

Turned up to my graduation
I let you drive me to the station
This is goodbye to the both of us

Opposite poles of a magnet
Had to break us like a habit
just to make space for the both of us

I took your hand in mine, and said,
“How bout that convent? We still got time.
Say that you would.
It could be good.”

Now it’s been a decade
Since I checked the wreckage
we promised to leave
far behind with our dreamin’

But ask if I miss you,
Just ask and I’ll twist into
something that fits

There never was room for the both of us

If you showed up at my door, and said,
“Let’s join a convent,”
I know that I would
And it wouldn’t be good

I know that I would

• Folk
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