Too Clean for Me

Too Clean for Me

Coasters lined in perfect corners
Shoes all facing toward the wall
Your apartment smells like lemons
Mine has mail stacked in the hall
I set my coffee on the table
You slide a coaster underneath
I wonder if two people this different
Can ever learn the same kind of peace

Too Clean for Me, let one cup leave a ring
Too Clean for Me, let one crooked picture hang
I liked you better after the table got a stain
Too Clean for Me, maybe we can make some space

You grab a towel, then stop wiping
Say leave it there for one whole day
I move my shoes beside your doorway
Not exactly where they should stay
We spend Sunday doing nothing
No checklist, no perfect room
Compatibility looks less like matching
More like making space for two

Then my cup tips over
And you start laughing first

Too Clean for Me, let one cup leave a ring
Too Clean for Me, let one crooked picture hang
I liked you better after the table got a stain
Too Clean for Me, maybe we can make some space

I thought order was your whole heart
You thought chaos was my name
I liked you better after the table got a stain
Those perfect coasters gave the game away

Too Clean for Me, keep the little mark
Too Clean for Me, leave one picture in the dark
I liked you better after the table got a stain
Too Clean for Me, I think I'll stay

Too Clean for Me