Okkervil River - A Stone lyrics

Hot breath, rough skin
Warm laughs and smiling
The loveliest words whispered and meant
You like all these things

But, though you like all these things
You love a stone you love a stone
Because it's smooth and it's cold
And you'd love most to be told
That it's all your own

You love white veins, you love hard grey
The heaviest weight, the clumsiest shape
The earthiest smell, the hollowest tone
You love a stone

And I'm found too fast
Called too fond of flames
And then I'm phoning my friends
And then I'm shouldering the blame
While you're picking pebbles out
Of the drain, miles ago

You're out singing songs
And I'm down shouting names
At the flickerless screen
Going fucking insane
Am I losing my cool, overstating my case?
Well, baby, what can I say?

You know I never claimed that I was a stone
And you love a stone

You love a stone, because it's dark
And it's old and if it could start being
Alive you'd stop living alone

And I think I believe that
If stones could dream
They'd dream of being laid side-by-side
Piece-by-piece and turned into a castle
For some towering queen
They're unable to know

And when that queen's daughter came of age
I think she'd be lovely
And stubborn and brave
And suitors would journey from kingdoms away
Just to make themselves known

And I think that I know the bitter dismay
Of a lover who brought
Fresh bouquets every day
When she turned him away
To remember some knave
Who once gave just one rose, one day
Years ago