I Knew Your Name

from The Great Plains are an Ocean by Desert Atlas

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One midnight the summer I turned seventeen
We shed our clothes and leapt into the great unseen

Little more than strangers, I knew your name
Waiting in your driveway, I’m glad you came

Two windows down, we drove up to the reservoir
Just north of town, but it felt like we had gone so far

The water left me shivering, I called your name
Waiting in the deep ... I’m glad you came

Breathless as the day we were born
We both knew how to swim but not to walk
So when the light beams found our faces and said we had to leave
We found our clothes and tripped our way on bare, unsteady feet

One morning, I woke up from a drawn-out dream
I reached for you, but I’d been asleep for many years

My mind is blank, my mouth is dry ... what was your name?
One thing I’ll remember: I’m glad you came

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from The Great Plains are an Ocean, released June 1, 2021

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