[ti:]Sunlight in a Jar [ar:]The Lucksmiths [al:]Warmer Corners [00:01.26]Sunlight In A Jar [00:10.71]The Lucksmiths [00:20.72]edit by flyingfish [00:29.03] [00:38.14]We’ve never been much chop at all that sensual stuff [00:40.58]One of us always seems to stop before the other’s had enough [00:43.67]Like a self-help manual that’s been written in Braille [00:46.59]It seems the more that we touch, the more we learn about our failings [00:50.01] [00:52.77]I’m struck speechless by the nape of your neck [00:55.15]But your requests and suggestions have a similar effect [00:58.23]A litany of prettiness and pettiness too [01:00.92]I reckon every second second we come up with something new [01:04.34] [01:05.00]I tried to write an opera for us [01:10.31]But I didn’t get that far [01:16.63]’Cause trying to sum you up in song [01:22.11]Is like catching sunlight in a jar [01:27.83] [01:42.23]Complex, completely credible love [01:44.98]The kind that is made not handed to you from above [01:47.75]Is difficult to talk about and harder to write [01:50.47]Like the rhythm of a pulse, or the contours of firelight [01:53.45]Overblown libretto and a sumptuous score [01:56.14]Could never contain the contradictions I adore [01:59.10]We can just be chaos and then something aligns [02:01.73]It’s so hard to contain, maintain it or define it [02:05.20] [02:08.25]I tried to write another chorus [02:13.64]But I didn’t get that far [02:19.80]’Cause trying to sum you up in song [02:25.07]Is like catching sunlight in a jar [02:31.35] [02:50.00]It’s like catching sunlight in a jar [02:57.92]sunlight in a jar [03:03.17]like catching sunlight in a jar [03:10.46]