Duet – tender, asymmetrical, emotionally off-balan

[woman] Would you like a drink while you’re waiting Just some wine please Blue leather diary in my shaking hands Six years old and already writing your name [man] I’m really sorry I was detained It’s been a day I don’t mean to keep you waiting [woman] It’s okay I ordered Pad Thai They’re keeping it warm [woman] These are beautiful You’ve never given me flowers before [man] I’ve never given you anything before [man] You understand why I don’t know you Why none of this makes sense [woman] Of course For you none of this has happened yet For me I’ve known you since I was six In a meadow behind my house in Michigan You appeared like weather Like lightning without warning [man] You’re not supposed to drink [woman] You told me not to You said it sets off the travel [man] This is too crazy [woman] I’m doing this wrong You told me to go slow You drew it for me once Let me try [woman] This line is my life This line is yours This point is you Now tonight Later down your line You bend You cross back To the beginning of me [man] When you were six In the meadow [woman] And again And again After a while I couldn’t wait for you [man] Which I gather I did Or will do Often [woman] The last time I saw you I was eighteen You said you go back To the same places [man] It’s like gravity Big events pull you in [woman] So I was a big event [man] So it would seem [both] My life runs straight and steady Yours fractures into pieces Somehow in the crossing Time loses all its meaning Two lines touch for a moment And that is everything Two lines cross for a heartbeat And time means nothing at all [man] Could we back up Pretend this is normal A first date Two normal people [woman] Of course I keep forgetting It’s just You’re my best friend I’ve been in love with you All my life [man] That’s a lot [woman] You don’t have to love me yet Just stay [both] Two lines One crossing One dinner Gravity