Lyric Sunlight In A Jar

We ve never been much chop at all that sensual stuff
One of us always seems to stop before the other s had enough
Like a self-help manual that s been written in Braille
It seems the more that we touch, the more we learn about our failings

I m struck speechless by the nape of your neck
But your requests and suggestions have a similar effect
A litany of prettiness and pettiness too
I reckon every second second we come up with something new

I tried to write an opera for us
But I didn t get that far
Cause trying to sum you up in song
Is like catching sunlight in a jar

Complex, completely credible love
The kind that is made not handed to you from above
Is difficult to talk about and harder to write
Like the rhythm of a pulse, or the contours of firelight

Overblown libretto and a sumptuous score
Could never contain the contradictions I adore
We can just be chaos and then something aligns
It s so hard to contain, maintain it or define it

I tried to write another chorus
But I didn t get that far
Cause trying to sum you up in song
Is like catching sunlight in a jar
It s like catching sunlight in a jar