Vermin & Deadbeats

it's safe to say that the both of us here have something new to say to each other
I love you and I hope you stay with me
as soon as these rodents become extinct we will both know that what is wrong has
never been anything significant
"I'll get working on that" you try to say but I can hardly believe a word you've said

if you can reach, you can take my heart, but you are going to have to jump
if you find yourself breathless you are going to need somebody with lungs
because I haven't taken a breath since I've been with you
and if you fall down, somebody else is going to need to catch you because
I haven't been at the bottom since you came into my life

the last thing here in this ghost town is some vermin and deadbeats hoping to seduce us all
with their noxious gas and potent poison
save ourselves, I can't grab on to anything but you

if you say I'm cold hearted, it must because you haven't been holding me close enough
and if you think our relationship is ever shaky, it must be because we are in California or somewhere
where plates collide, because we always work out our toughest flaws
I'll be dead with my heart beating before I can let this go