An Echo Songtext
von Samantha Crain

Somehow between us

The air became so thick
We couldn′t reach to the other
An insurmountable divider
And I clawed at my throat
Thinking Nero must have cursed me
I can't say the things I need to
I am just an echo
Bouncing off your forehead
That′s tilted down and to the right
You can't even look me in the eye


And so we stay this way through Easter
As we drive up 35 in the dark
To go visit my mother
At the prison in Topeka
She is asking, "What's the matter?"
As we stare into the vending machines
I can′t say the things I need to
I am just an echo

Bouncing off the glass into our likeness
Whatever that is
′Cause someone won't look me in the eye

But then became the summer
When my hands appeared so useless
I felt like a little baby
And my pride evaporated
Like the water in a skillet
And you softened like some butter
We never said the things we need to
But an echo fades eventually
And this is such a likeness
That is what it is

You don′t even need to look me in the eye
You don't even need to look me in the eye
You don′t even need to look me in the eye