Some new lyrics

The song is called Pavane, and the music has been simmering since I went to the Aspen Music Festival in 2008. I've had a few of the lines kicking around in my head, but yesterday and today I was able to weld them together in vaguely bitter song.

I came down with a smile fixed onto my face
We held hands stepping slow in uncertain space
Do you see friends' faces twist in the night?
But what did you expect? I will hold you tight.
Better instincts got us in the way
This pavane will take us to the day.

Show you scars. Show you're underneath unreachable stars.
Demonstrate to them all who you really are.
I can catch their ears and sing the prettiest songs
Once or twice round the room won't take so long.
Hide me in my bottle for a while,
I can peek my head out when they smile.

These broken hearts can still laugh into the face of regret
Stealing all of the sings that we didn't get
We come down with fashion fixed to our eyes
Till the senses give out and we get wise
Afterward I don't know who it's for
No one ever held open the door.

And day is done.

Lisa and I first danced together in our music history class - and the pavane was a perfect match for our shared temperament.