“You know, they say when someone keeps making excuses to say your name it means they like you.”
“When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth.”
“Can't you hear it?" you said. "When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth.”
“And when someone else speaks your name you feel pleased. You feel wanted. You feel there. Alive. Even if they're saying your name with dislike, at least you know you're you, that you exist.”
“You know,” he says, “for someone who doesn’t like touching people, you keep finding ways to put your hands on me.”
“....and I'll know that this is what you live for - to hear someone say. "Let's go home," to hear someone you love call your name.”