It's Not You That I'm Leaving

from Phoenix Envy by Andrew Calhoun

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It's not you that I'm leaving
When I get on that plane
And I go sailing through the air
Back to my home again
And if that plane should chance to crash
Go down in a fiery ball
The flames that turn that plane to ash
Won't touch my love at all

Forgive these frequent silences
For when I fade away
The reason I'm so quiet is
I've got so much to say

And I know you cannot carry me
As I cannot carry you
It's just this love for you
That I can carry through
Through these long planes of nightmare
That my own fears reflect
And those old tortured lying roads
That your piercing truths reject

I'm searching for a better way
And a real place to live
That's big enough for both of us
And all we must forgive
And if I cannot build that house
All up upon dry land
I'll say a prayer and turn away
And let go of your hand

But in the house of my heart
You've got the warmest bed
You've got the softest pillow
To lay your weary head
And in the house of my heart
There's room to fight and pray
It's deep enough and wide enough
For all we have to say

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from Phoenix Envy, released June 24, 1996

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