Forbidden Fruit (remix)
Chorus (SoSoon)
What am I supposed to do, when I can’t get close to you,
when the world won’t let me be alone with you,
and all I really want to do is be holding you.
I stared at an orchid with diamond petals
standing alone in a Harlem hallway.
Spoken words turned into white noise
as I studied each blossom
Eyes. Cheekbones. Lips. Smile.
“Hello” an instant paralysis
I imagine our bodies
as frescos on a bedroom canvass.
We danced palm in palm outside of time to pulse’s drum,
made tides play double-dutch with the sun.
Don’t want to sweat her,
place myself in the arms of other women
in an attempt to lesser
attachment but no action can make me forget her.
What am I supposed to do, when I can’t get close to you,
when the world won’t let me be alone with you,
and all I really want to do is be holding you.