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 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
 While 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, see them shake, see them loom
 See him fashion a cap from a page of Camus
 See him navigate deftly this side of the blue
 
 And the rest of our lives will the moments accrue
 When the shape of their goneness will flare up anew
 And we do what we have to do, re-loo re-loo
 Which is all you can do on this side of the blue
 Oh it's all that you can do on this side of the blue