SOONER/LATER

words and music by Kasey Anderson

the storm came stumbling in like a drunk declaration
the streets were empty, all the lights went out
two lovesick kids in a hallway trembling
feet shufflin’, nervous, eyes filled with doubt
he looked at her and she started laughin’
it was wild, electric like the noise above
he said, “darlin’ some things are just bound to happen
sooner or later we’re gonna fall in love”

snow still whispering down on NYC,
he walked the carpet of that cheap hotel
opened his door and there he found her waiting
she kicked out the window and down they fell
fifteen stories through the wind and weather
until they landed softly on the street below
she said, “honey right now we’re passin’ through together, but
sooner or later this’ll feel like home”

so they closed the curtains on one last sunset summer,
stole what they wanted, left the fools to cry
he took her hand somewhere in California
and didn’t let go until the Georgia line
he never thought he’d lose her for a second
he never thought he’d watch it slip away
but your pulse gets weak when you’re too scared to check it
sooner or later, he’d learn the hard way

she lit roman candles in their old apartment
while he bled out on some stranger’s curb
mumbling something about how it all comes around
and sooner or later we get what we deserve

she stayed out all night with all the hometown heroes
just like she’d done a hundred times before
tossed her wishes off the overpass
and swore she didn’t ‘em anymore
he woke up and saw the sky was open
as he watched her moving back across the bridge
so he rubbed his eyes again and went right back to hoping
that sooner or later she’d come back to him