The Great Divide


I'm lookin' at a chance to change my stars today
Across the platform, but that sure seems far away
You're on the Brooklyn-bound side, lookin' down
I live in Queens, and in between a car just came
So I could, like...give you a sign with my mind, or give a cough
That's corny, but I don't want to find our signals crossed
Or leave it up to chance you just get aboard the next train and jet
And give me more "next-day" regret
So let's take a step to let this be the day we met
In case destiny and fate forget...I got a heavenly engagement set
And I've been tryin' to be an angel, but I've yet to meet my angelette
I'd make a bet with myself, tell 'em to seize the day
Maybe pressure would help...there's seldom an easy way
If ever I felt that I would need to pray
It's safe for me to say it'd be today
So now its like...

I just can't shake the feeling that there's somethin' about you
And I don't want to leave here without you in my life
It just doesn't seem right...
No matter how hopelessly I wish that you would notice me...you don't
Some guys make this look so easy
But that's just not me...
I would've loved to try to cross the tracks
If I had courage, and fortune would've brought me back

Now is there somethin' I'm supposed to do?
That would bring me close to you...and end my single loner blues?
Cause you could think my messy hair and vintage clothes are cute
Or when you stare back, you could think I'm homeless, too
I'm so confused about which road to choose
Take the stairway over to your side, I shout an ode to you
From afar I probably sound like any dude in a bar
And if I transfered I'd create a chance for you to depart
Is it usually hard to do what your heart's tellin' you?
I would've moved from the start if I knew what the smart fellas do
This ain't the brand of love Hallmark cards sell to you
Seldom true, whimsy for the not-so-well-to-do
So help me through all the the self-doubt and cowardice
Walkin' in lead-welded shoes...held down and powerless
To tell the truth, I don't know how I'll come out of this
But if I don't take myself to you, you're gone...and that's how it is

I just can't shake the feeling that there's somethin' about you
And I don't want to leave here without you in my life
It just doesn't seem right...
No matter how hopelessly I wish that you would notice me...you don't
Some guys make this look so easy
But that's just not me...
I would've loved to try to cross the tracks
If I had courage, and fortune would've brought me back

With all these gaps that seperate us, will we meet?
Or will this be another Beat Street, and I'm......
I can't let the anguish over a trek this dangerous
Or whether fate is with me tonight decide we're left as strangers
Who would accept the shameless coward who never tried?
Starin' at a better life on legs and just let it slide
Am I just petrified she won't say yes?
If I measured my reluctance, would my hope weigh less?
Whether I miss my shift, miss my train, or whether or not
It's the same, I still sit in vain...left at the dock
Whatever the cops do, if they catch me or not
I'll measure the cost in knowin' that I let her slip off
So it's ready or not...now or never...across the great divide
I leapt to the bottom and made for my ladies' side
Well, if this is to be the day I died
When judgment visits me, I can truly say I tried

Louis Logic "The Great Divide"