call my nameCall My Name

White walls and a painting by Rembrandt

I used to gaze at them for a long time

On Sunday morning, just sitting beside you

Look, the light coming through the open window is there

As if suddenly remembering, you call my name

 

How luxurious it is

To spend time together when nothing happens

Let's collect inexpensive reproductions

And put up a different one each week

 

Though we're afraid of being lonely

We feel safest when we're alone

In hearts like ours

We exist for each other as if it were only natural

 

The name you got used to calling

In a room with only the two of us

You say it earnestly, again and again

Just this little thing

Echoes warmly, sweeter than anything, and makes me realize

Maybe I can believe in feelings I can't see

 

It's not that I think only of you

every moment of every day

But my days are happy enough in their own way

There's only one thing I don't want to lose

One answer brings a new question

That question brings another answer

No matter how much time passes, we're still at the starting line

Moving forward with steps so slow they seem unable to move

 

I don't think of you every moment

Every day has its own kind of joy

But there's only one thing I don't want to lose

One answer brings a new question

That question brings another answer

As if no matter how much time passes, we're still at the starting line

Moving forward with steps so slow they almost stand still Through the days I walked beside you Letting chance after chance overlap until they formed a ring of fate I picture something like this Even as it sways, don't let it fade In your unchanged voice, call my name As if suddenly remembering, call my name Maybe I can believe in feelings I can't see