CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

So shall I show you my love by forever running to you?
Or shall I show you my love by forever waiting on you?
Or shall I show you my love by suffering in solitude
The taunting, haunting memory of one forbidden, hidden kiss
Before or since, no love like this

Is it better to speak or to die? I can’t hold my breath much longer
I must show him, although I am shy, that what doesn’t die grows stronger
So at midnight we met eye to eye, he said on his word of honor
The daring, caring name to use when near to me, when loving me
Use your own name to call to me

But there was a curve in the road, and when the summer ended
Oliver got on the train, and then on the phone pretended
Marriage is what we both need, but not to the one intended
You’re mine, all mine, forever now though I am gone, hope you don’t mind
For all of time, you still are mine

Although he had not chosen me, something in me was chosen
To give everything that’s in me, even as doors were closing
And now all those something’s in me, by the fire are overflowing
The shimmering, glimmering embers glow upon the tears no one will see
Because of you, because of me

So shall I show what I know? That not all love lasts forever
Or make the choice never to show what hurts too much to remember
In the darkness there still is a glow in words flowing from my father:
Don’t lose yourself in what you’ve lost. To feel nothing’s too high a cost.
What you have lost is not a loss.

So shall I keep you with me, by forever dreaming of you
Your reflection in every mirror, I’ll make a movie of you
Through all the years and the tears, you’ll hear my voice calling to you:
Oliver and Oliver, Elio and Elio
Oliver and Oliver, Elio and Elio
When I remember what we were I remember the summer
When I remember what we were I remember the summer
Every moment I think about you, it’s warm and it’s summer
Every moment I think about you, it’s warm and it’s summer
Come and call me by your name
Come and call me by your name
Come and call me by your name
Come and call me by your name

A Song Can Tell A Story

When words leave off, music begins.

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME