The Desultory Boy

from Everything Matters (Deluxe Edition) by Deerheart

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He was going through the motions
Bereft of expectation or belief
He had no need for supervision
His head filled with diversions, sweet and brief

Woah, and though he thought he knew it all
When he saw that different girl he realized
His ignorance, it knew no bounds
His thesis built on shaky ground
For in those eyes

He saw light, he saw love
He saw countless possibilities he had only dared dream of
'Til the moment that she stepped into the life
Of the desultory boy

He found himself so far from home
Decided it was time to start anew
But comfort's short-lived, cold as stone
When you're waking up in unfamiliar rooms

No there's nothing quite as empty as
The loveless kiss that desperate strangers share
He kept count of all the broken hearts
Left in the wake of his despair

Still he saw light, he saw love
He saw countless possibilities he had only dared dream of
'Til the moment that she stepped into the life
Of the desultory boy

We dream the dream of endless love
But grow lazy and complacent in its glow
And upon our waking we discover so many worlds
That we have yet to know

Oh we seek light, we seek love
We seek countless possibilities we only dare dream of
'Til the moment we find we are not alone
Like the desultory boy

Oh he found light, he found love
He found countless possibilities that he'd only dared dream of
'Til the moment that she stepped into the life
Of the desultory boy

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from Everything Matters (Deluxe Edition), released September 29, 2015
Written & performed by Tom Ciorciari © 2015

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