An Understanding Love
And there’s a rain coming down
all around us tonight
where we go doesn’t matter--
no direction is right.
The engine is running, and the radio’s on
and you ask who will miss us
when we’re gone.
And there’s a storm coming in
from the ocean tonight
and the wind won’t stop running,
like a thief taking flight,
from the scene of a crime
that she didn’t do
and the fear in its footsteps
is the fear that’s in you.
And wherever we are, where no poetry is heard
take shelter in my vision, take shelter in my word.
And I will bring
an understanding love
when your heart lies as empty
as the church late at night.
When some notes on a napkin
hold all of our dreams,
an understanding love
is closer than it seems
to be.
A stranger can hold
the answer to the quest.
But only a true love
can hold the helplessness.
In the rain, in the storm,
on deserted streets we drive,
let me navigate this journey
let me keep us alive.
And wherever we are, when every turn is wrong
take shelter in my vision, take shelter in my song.
And I will bring
an understanding love
when your heart lies as empty
as the church late at night.
When some notes on a napkin
hold all of our dreams,
an understanding love
is closer than it seems
to be.
And I will bring
an understanding love
when you say there’s no answer
there’s no reason to fight.
When you know that we’re tired,
but forget what that means,
an understanding love
is closer than it seems
to be.
