It started out just as a trip You said that we'd make a day of it Followed you downtown to the fountain And then the maze Through the courtyard Tell me all about your queen of hearts Her house of cards Tall as a mountain And even though it only went on for hours And it felt like it went on for days I can recognize the symptoms I'm giving all my powers away Back on the train under the street 300 feet of solid concrete our getaway quick and elusive You wonder of what might have been All of the loves you didn't let in Some kinda club oddly exclusive You build up your defenses like towers So no one ever gets the chance to play I can recognize the symptoms I'm giving all my powers away The dusk came, then the twilight Our faces lit by some fireflies We said our goodbyes And made our exits As for the brief glimmering hope That we were sailing in the same boat We'll never know If we connected And I haven't got the heart to tell you It never gets easier to say I can recognize the symptoms I'm giving all my powers away