what it means in movies.

Ten days ago

I noticed that you looked at me
While I was looking at you
And  I wondered what it meant.
But I didn't want to think too much about it
Because I never would have noticed
If I hadn't been looking at you first.


Our eyes met across the room
And I make it more poetic
Than I think it really was.
I wish that it meant
What it means in movies
When a girl's eyes and a boy's eyes meet.
But I've given up believing
That life can ever be that way:
That a glance will mean
What it means in movies.


In movies, when a girl's eyes and a boy's eyes meet
You know that they'll fall in love.
But when my eyes and your eyes meet
I lose my nerve and just stare at my feet.
I convince myself that you're just scanning the room
And I drag myself down,
I hold myself back.
Thinking I know that you're thinking
"Who is this girl?
and why is she so prone to smiling?"


But then today
You glanced at me
At the same time that I glanced at you
We both looked away
And then we both looked back.
And it could be from a scene in some movie.

So maybe I'm not crazy
And maybe we can write a story
And all of this will mean
Exactly what it means in movies.