I was walking home in the red night zone
I had a pair of flowers
you had pegs on the back of your bike
it was almost the morning hour
I said come with me to the carnival
we can sneak in when the power goes out
we can sit real still in the bumper carts
and see what its all about to be safe
from the crashing day
we can be safe from everything
you caught my eye in the fun house near
you look so pretty even like that
you held my hand while I held my tongue
and blushed beneath my baseball cap
you said we've all got monsters under our bed and under our skin as well
we can hold them in the corners of our little shame or bring them to show and tell
just know your safe to tell me anything
you are so safe to tell me anything
lying in the grass by the ferris wheel
I saw a train i knew we could catch so
we ran through the streets and the parking lot
and we caught that train as we caught our breath and we rode through the hills and the silo fields
I knew my heart had no fire escape
but I stood in your lightning like a sycamore tree
love is a risk you have to take I feel safe to risk everything
I feel safe to risk everything