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The kids toddled off to their bedrooms
And strode out, grown, with suitcases packed
Now every sound explodes
Like gunshots in the cold
Like echos, calling us to the past
Who are we now
With no starlings to groom
The silence just stares at us
Waiting for our next move
Who are we now
And what will we do
With this quiet despair of ours
This uncomfortable truth
At first our newfound freedom was joyful
We disappeared in spirited thoughts
You became a satellite
In a planetarium sky
It was light years to the end of the hall
Who are we now
With no starlings to groom
The silence just stares at us
Waiting for our next move
Who are we now
And what will we do
With this quiet despair of ours
This uncomfortable truth
Old lovers who just met again
We could be Romeo and Juliet again
I’m calling you down from your balcony
I’m withering without your company
So come back to me
And let’s make possibilities