Songs for Other People's Weddings Quotes

“Every lovesong is a curse At first so sweet at its arrival But when I’ve written down its words It stares back at me like a stuffed animal The very thing it was to capture vanished in the moment after It just slipped right out of my little hands New York City’s never done If it was it wouldn’t be New York City And you can jump into the Hudson but the second after it’s a different entity Loving you is loving a motion A warm current in the ocean That’s how I wanted my songs to be So this is the last lovesong that I’ll sing A promise to leave the heart open To never fall in love with what’s been And if I ever should write a lovesong again I would set a key and a tempo Then let you lead on the piano and we’d just make it up as we go That’s the only good lovesong I know Every lover is a ship Over time rebuilt and changed Every board replaced bit by bit Until all that’s left is the lover’s name Sometimes I let go of the rudder I close my eyes and shudder And I whisper softly that I love her Oh this is the last lovesong that I’ll sing A promise to leave the heart open To never fall in love with what’s been To greet the unknown with a grin This is the last lovesong that I’ll sing An ode to whatever fate may bring Kisses scattered to the wind A lovesong to all that’s changing When he is through, they applaud.”
― David Levithan, Songs for Other People's Weddings: A Novel

“a floating vessel of dead profiles lost in a sea no one sails anymore.”
― David Levithan, Songs for Other People's Weddings: A Novel