Written for EWC4U1. --- LYRICS: VERSE hey baby, I’m still in santa monica and i know it’s ironic ‘cause we’re still a little platonic but just maybe, I want to come and meet ya I want to finally see ya perhaps my feelings might reach ya CHORUS but disconnected love won’t hurt forever for now I guess I’ll write you letters don’t let your pretty eyes get any wetter when you open them we’ll be together VERSE hey baby, how’s the weather in Verona? how’s the food in in Manarola? how’s the view of Pisa? PRE-CHORUS they’re just invisible borders and paper miles ‘ could take a while but if I’ll see your smile I’ll run through water and swim through land If I could hold your hand make you understand that CHORUS This connected love will last forever you’ve got a beautiful soul and you’re clever so if being with you has made me better then I’ll follow this map to the treasure VERSE ciao caro, I bought a ticket to Venice we’ll make the rivers our canvas we’ll make the sky and seas jealous --- CONCEPT: About a long distance relationship with a fictional lover in Italy. Mentions Verona; the setting for Romeo and Juliet. It's loosely related, but rather than a social separation it’s a physical one. The last line, “we’ll make the sky and seas jealous”, is a simple metaphor for “we’ll finally be together” unlike the sky and the sea, which meet but will never truly touch. I found that writing a poem in the form of a song is quite difficult; you can’t be overly eccentric with your language... or perhaps I just ended up succumbing to the simplicity of songwriting. At first, I was stuck in the mindset of being extravagantly poetic, but I realize there’s beauty in communicating feelings or thoughts without wringing out the English language, too.