Cardigan Akor

 

Vintage tee, brand new phone

 

High heels on cobblestones

 

When you are young, they assume you know nothing

 

Sequin smile, black lipstick

 

Sensual politics

 

When you are young, they assume you know nothing

 

But I knew you

 

Dancing in your Levi's

Drunk under a streetlight, I

 

I knew you

 

Hand under my sweatshirt

Baby kiss it better, right

 

And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone's bed

 

You put me on and said I was your favorite

 

A friend to all is a friend to none

 

Chase two girls, lose the one

 

When you are young, they assume you know nothing

 

But I knew you

 

Playin' hideandseek and

Givin' me your weekends

 

I, I knew you

 

Your heartbeat on the High Line

Once in twenty lifetimes, I

 

And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone's bed

 

You put me on and said I was your favorite

 

To kiss in cars and downtown bars

 

Was all we needed

 

You drew stars around my scars

 

But now I'm bleeding

 

'Cause I knew you

 

Stepping on the last train

Marked me like a bloodstain, I

 

I knew you

 

Tried to change the ending

Peter losing Wendy

 

I, I knew you

 

Leaving like a father

Running like water, I

 

When you are young, they assume you know nothing

 

But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss

 

I knew you'd haunt all of my whatifs

 

The smell of smoke would hang around this long

 

'Cause I knew everything when I was young

 

I knew I'd curse you for the longest time

 

Chasing shadows in the grocery line

 

I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired

 

And you'd be standing in my front porch light

 

And I knew you'd come back to me

 

You'd come back to me

 

And you'd come back to me

 

And you'd come back

 

And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone's bed

 

You put me on and said I was your favorite