I used to be a king alone
Like Solomon or Rehoboam
And in the eaves, corvidae

Did jealous keep my picture frames
And everything did oxidate in place


But then you came, a single cell
With astrolabe and carousel
And algebra and symmetry

And none of this was lost on me
And I could see how still I'd been before


If I don't eat, I don't sleep at all
Like limbs in procession
Like so many birds

Stampeding like oxen
Our hearts are a herd


I loved you in the best
I loved you in the best way possible
I loved you in the best


Did you see the light in my heart?
Did you see the sweat on my brow?

Did you see the fear in my heart?
Did you see me bleeding out?


I loved you in the best
I loved you in the best way possible
I loved you in the best way possible

I loved you in the best way possible
I loved you in the best