Lyrics Hollow Jubilee - Johnathan Rice

Hollow Jubilee

How my fingers found you so quickly in the dark
Hardly strictly business, speaking from the heart
On the bathroom sink, I lifted up your skirt
How was I to know just how badly I’d get hurt?
Everyone was talking backwards, drowning on their feet
I noticed how the rose was clenched too tightly in your teeth
We were spoiling for a fight, the special way we’d flirt
I dragged you to the garden, we did it in the dirt
You pretend to be you, I’ll pretend to be me
And I’ll see you at the hollow jubilee
In a post-orgasmic haze, sometimes some truth escapes
When the pressure is relieved, one can relive the better days
When we were as one, you thought I was too young
Now sometimes you feel something else when the chill of evening comes
You pretend to be you, I’ll pretend to be me
Hiding at the hollow jubilee
Our loves lies in repose and everybody knows
You weave the fabric of your life into your onstage clothes
I always pictured you and me growing old disgracefully
Now I see the club’s sold out and there’s no room for me
There’s a blindfold for you and a mirror for me
Hanging at the hollow jubilee
So, you pretend to be you, I’ll pretend to be me
When I see you at the hollow jubilee