Bare legs in the snow, you cut my hair

And told me to get some sleep

I don't want to go anywhere without you

I don't want to go anywhere at all

The snow filled the air, an icing sugar dream

I wrote my name on the window

You closed all the doors as the lights went out

Living by candlelight during the storm

They all shake their heads, write poisonous words

In ink that stains my skin

Though I fall apart so easily, you keep your head

Reassuring and promising me

You said

"i will take care of you, I don't care if it's not allowed

Say what they will, we don't have to stick around

We can go anywhere, we can go anyplace that you want

Oh please baby don't cry, slow down and hold my hand

I love you, believe me, but your search for a better man

Has left you so bitter, shaken by the winter wind

And I know that you're scared, I know that you're tired of this

Afraid of the thoughts you can't get out of your head

You never expected, you never see it coming at all."

Your voice on the phone is the only thing that I've known

To be pure

The words you speak circulate and they keep my heart awake

I am sure

Though your memories exceed mine, you were a child in another time

I know what i need

Right now i'm waiting for you, it's all i know how to do

Regardless of what may follow, we'll proceed

We can run away in the night, escape it all, everything

Go to New York or straight up to outer space

Make love in the clouds, sleep soundly among the angels

We have suitcases filled with road maps and dollar bills

Train tickets, coffee cups and decades of time to kill

I want you right now, I want you 'til the day that I die

There's a war in the sky, gunfire and burning flags

But nothing compares to the battle my heart has waged

If i die by your hand, I will die with your flag at my side