I Saw You - Whistler

You look so happy it fills everyone with dread

Of the disappointment they can see ahead

Your laughter that you think is so infectious fills them

With a panic but they're hoping still

That all your reckless hopes will not be crushed

He doesn't try to fathom out your inconsistencies

It's no wonder you think that he's easily pleased

He's too scared to tell you of his self-fulfilling prophecies

But marvels instead at your blind trust

I saw you in your summer dress

You were sketching out a world that he could only second guess

Your smiles are so intense they only terrify

Becoming more unnatural the more you try to show them

That this time you have arrived

Or at least for now you're glad to be alive

And all your reckless hopes are justified

Aware of their concern you say they simply cannot bear to see a happiness

That more than measures up to theirs

And he's already wondering if he's missed a trick somewhere

But thinking everyone has doubts at first

I saw you in your summer dress

You were sketching out a world that he could only second gues

He can't help feeling flattered by your strange intensity

So he hides dissatisfactions

He is curious to see how anyone could want him

So incredibly completely and he knows he is not worthy of your trust

I saw you in your summer dress

You were sketching out a world that he could only second guess

I saw you with your hand on the glass

That couldn't summon up a future for you when you asked