Gibraltar lyrics

We darted from the city like colts fleeing a fire
It was June
On the first night we wrestled each other
Like boys in the sand
And I couldn’t believe how close we were to Spain
“The row of yellow lights,” you said
Sitting up and pointing to the other shore—
“Is Gibraltar”

I dusted the velvet sand from your back
And knew
From the whites of your eyes
That you were just lying
The sea chortled, too, as it churned closer and closer
But I said nothing
Why hurt the only person in the world
Still trying to impress me?

The next night was unusually cold
“All of God’s creation is shivering except for us,” I thought
As we laid motionless in the frigid pulse of the wind
Holdin’ each other like lambs
And when you sat up again
You pointed at Gibraltar

Your back, chiseled into an imprint of stars…
Your ridges—hardened into ice…
Reflecting each yellow pharos, glistenin’…
Beckonin’ to us from the other shore…
(I kiss you)
And together we sink into the mattress sand…
The spaces between our toes…
And every crevice of our bodies…
And every pocket of air that erupted open between us…
Filled with hot blooms of sand
“Let’s come back every night
“For the rest of the summer,” you said
And night after night after night, I did
Always cravin’ the sweetness of the frost
As it had first tasted against your fingers
Only to find, each time…

That the lights were not there
And the sand was just sand
And all the while knowing; from that first night in June
From the whites of your eyes
That you were just lying