Today i wrote a song, and i guess that it's about you Or how i never understood what dancing meant until i met you In a winter college town you proved That we could move in ways so un-ingenuine Then: on the crowded floor, a little down, ten people over Was like standing on the violent ocean shore I said "you know it'd be the same," And i said "boy don't be naive Even if i stuck around, but you know i'm always leaving So today i wrote this song But somehow i know it's not about you As much as wanting to belong, or have something to connect to And how impermanence came wholly into question When you challenged my perception That to go back and forth is such a noble task You shook the sea without so much as leaving tracks And gave motion a whole new meaning One i'd try to learn if i wasn't always leaving But you know i'm always leaving A thousands miles away, another conflict i've been through About the innocence of the criminal when the victim is you And the tendency to justify a law thats flawed And i got caught