Patterns in Repeat

Laura Marling
Album : Patterns in Repeat
Composition : George Jephson, Laura Marling
Composing : George Jephson, Laura Marling

That youʼd walk into a room
And tell me for the millionth 8me
The many fine points to tell your story Like “Calabasas was in bloom…ˮ
You know Iʼm frankly unaware of all the ways in which that is supposed to move me You could skip the end, the photograph, the friend
The long returning trim that youʼd foreseen Just patterns in repeat like theyʼve always been
You had your children on the fly
Another child, another guy, another chance to fall in love again I fear they may have paid the price for the freedom of your life Though you would say that was a chance to show them
An open door, a broken bone a marble floor… And patterns in repeat
Forevermore Forevermore
If only I had known you then A hanger-on, perhaps a friend
An ear to bend around which way you saw it playing
I tell it well, I try to sell them on the fact you were a match Ever a scratch away from burshing into flames
A light perfume that lingered in the room That everlas8ng tune you had to sing
A smile or two, a gap between your tooth Your dirty underwear, your diamond ring Just patterns in repeat
Like everything Like everything Like everything
I want you to know that I gave it up willingly Nothing real was lost in the bringing of you to me I want you to have a piece of my maternal flame Part of me, eternity, a tolerance for pain