How Could We Be?

by Dennis Liu

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lyrics

Sometimes in the evening, Ruth,
When I'm holding up the lawn
I feel like putting it all down
And taking a walk

And never coming back
To this dam that we’ve built
Just step off on some epic quest
While this whole thing drives on without me...

But then the reverie drops me down
And we’re still running mad
It’s still the same verse on the radio
And you're still in the seat next to me

How could we be
So terrified of being together
When together is all we know?

Please dress the light in
Something brand new
So it may change from red to green
Cos we’re so blue...

Darlin', why do you sleep
At the edge of your bed?
"'Cos I gotta set myself aside
For the one who could be here..."

Oh I’m afraid you might fall out
Of the cradle of the moon
Leaving a sickle in the sky
To illuminate white as we lie

Is there anybody out there,
Looking back at me?
Or are you dancing in your gown
With a stranger, stranger than I?

How could we be
So terrified of being alone
When alone is all we know?

Wave like we're miles apart
When we are so close
To everything we wanted
Except what we feel

Ruth, it will alright
If you just stay with me a little while
Help me hold the thought...

Of how we could be


To travel the whole world
And carry no key
To know if it were all said and done
Someone would be there to open the door

How could we be
So terrified of being together
When together is all we know?

I came home too late
To kiss you goodnight
So I divided up your dreams
Into hundreds of little streams

Just flowing out into the sea
We’re just flowing out to sea


Ruth, it will be alright
If you just stay with me a little while

Help me hold the thought...

Of how we could be.

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released November 19, 2011
Music and Lyrics by Dennis Liu

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Dennis Liu Melbourne, Australia

Born in Taipei and raised in Tāmaki Makaurau, Naarm-based singer-songwriter Dennis Liu's music charts the journeys of the body as it traverses the valleys of grief and the rivers of gratitude, with each note attuned to the most subtle turns of the heart. Guided by a hypnotic baritone voice that soothes and soars, his songs are invocations that invite you to return home to yourself. ... more

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