Heartbreak Even Lyrics by Ani Difranco

Heartbreak Even

Its a heartbreak even situation
Nothing lost and nothing gained
So Im 10 years old again
Standing in the backyard waving at a train

I feel you make love to me slightly
Every time you let a little laugh slip too soon
And the moment passes over us so lightly
It feels like sand blowing over a dune

You try not to let your emotions show
But it aint a balloon you can just let go
Its an ice cream cone dripping in the sun
Sticky hands
Sticky arms
Sticky situation

Its a heartbreak even situation
One part powerful elation
One part pitiful and frail
And Im trying to feel my way around
A book of promises written in braille

There is pressure from within this
And pressure from above
There is pressure on our tenuous, strenuous love
And theres wet wool blankets one, two, three
Laid onto my chest
til I just cant breathe

And I try not to let my emotions show
But it aint a balloon I can just let go
Its an ice cream cone dripping in the sun
Sticky hands
Sticky arms
Sticky situation