Svetlana sucks lemons across from me 
And i am progressing abominably 
And i do not know my own way to the sea 
But the saltiest sea knows its own way to me 

And the city that turns, turns protracted and slow 
And i find myself toeing the embarcadero 
And i find myself knowing the things that i knew 
Which is all that you can know on this side of the blue 

And jaime has eyes black and shiny as boots 
And they march at you two-by-two(-re-loo-re-loo) 
When she looks at you, you know that she's nowhere near through 
It's the kindest heart beating this side of the blue 

And the signifieds butt heads with the signifiers 
And we all fall down slack-jawed to marvel at words 
When across the sky sheet the impossible birds 
In a steady illiterate movement homewards 

And gabriel stands beneath forest and moon 
See them rattle and boo, and see them shake, and see them loom 
See him fashion a cap from a page of camus 
And see him navigate deftly this side of the blue 

And the rest of our lives will the moments [bad word] 
When the shape of their goneness will flare up anew 
Then we do what we have to do(-re-loo-re-loo) 
Which is all that you can do on this side of the blue 

Ot it's all that you can do on this side of the blue 
Oh it's all that you can do on this side of the blue