Same Piece Of Air

Yesterday we were the best of friends
Today we can't get back again
Time has crept in crevices
And patterns down the wall		  
We could paint over the papered cracks
Tomorrow they would all crack back
Who are we to try to stop the fall?
There's no reason to worry
There's no reason to care		 (5)
There's no reason to wonder
It's not going anywhere
And we used to love to share the same piece of air

We behave like real human beings
Who eat, then wash the dishes clean 		(10)
But I have held you in my arms
And tried to read your mind
And maybe baby if we both relax
The axe that grinds behind our backs
Will wear itself to nothing over time		 (15)
There's no reason to worry
There's no reason to care
There's no reason to wonder
We're not going anywhere
And we used to love to share the same piece of air
 		 (20)
We used to breathe in and out together
Every one second lasted forever

There's no reason to worry
There's no reason to care
There's no reason to wonder 		(25)
We're not going anywhere
And we used to love to share the same piece of air		 (30)




(7) Compare Humble Bee. Note to line 6.
(12) The word 'air' also has latent connotations of the rejection of a lover particularly in mid-20th Century American Slang. (Dashiell Hammett in Red Harvest (1928): 'You're an ex-boyfriend of Dinah's who was given the air.')
(17) A cynical echo of countless third-rate love ballads illustrating the author's disillusionment.
(18) The impending threat of punishment - martyrdom bubbles to the surface yet again. Interestingly, like the word 'air', 'axe' also suggests an unwelcome rejection by a lover: 'Bill's girlfriend just gave him the ax.' (1978 Univ.Tenn. student, aged 18 - Random House Historical Dictionary Of American Slang.)
(25) One of St.Ace's most divine euphemisms.



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