As we were talking outside it was cold
We were shivering yet warmed by the subject matter
My wife is in the next room we've been having troubles you know
Please don't tell her or anyone
But I need to talk to somebody

You said "wouldn't it be a shame if I knew how great I was?
Five minutes before I died I'd be filled with such regret
Before I took my last breath" and I said
"You're willing to tell me this now
You're not going to die anytime soon"

And I said I haven't been eating chicken or meat or anything
And you said yes but you've been wearing leather
And laughed and said we're at the top of the food chain
And yes you're still a fine woman
And I cringed

I was hoping
I was hoping we could heal each other
I was hoping
I was hoping we could be raw together

We left the restaurant where the head waiter (in his 60's) said
"Good-bye sir thank you for your business sir
You're successful and established sir
And we like the frequency with which you dine here sir
And your money"

And when I walked by they said "thank you too dear"
I was all pigtails and cords
There was a day when I would've said something like
"Hey dude I could buy and sell this place so kiss it"
I too once though I was owed something

I was hoping
I was hoping we could challenge each other
I was hoping
I was hoping we could crack each other up

I too thought that when proved wrong that I lost somehow and
I too once thought life was cruel and
It's a cycle really you think I'm withdrawing and guilt tripping you
I think you're insensitive and I don't feel heard and I said
"Do you believe we are, fundamentally judgmental?
Fundamentally evil?" and you said yes

I said I don't believe in revenge, in right or wrong, good or bad
You said "well what about the man that I saw handcuffed in the emergency room
Bleeding after beating his kid and she threw a shoe at his head
And I think what he did was wrong
And I would've had a hard time feeling compassion for him"
I had to watch my tone for fear of having you feel judged

I was hoping
I was hoping we could dance together
I was hoping
I was hoping we could be creamy together

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