you said, “have you got a light?” like i’d been waiting all night i nearly dropped the bloody thing trying not to look impressed your mate had lent you her coat mine were inside getting soaked in lager, sweat and laser beams you looked better in the cold door swings open, bass comes through someone shouts, “we’re waiting for you” you look at me, i look at you “yeah, alright — in a minute or two” you asked me if i always smoked i said, “only when i’m being social” you laughed and said, “that’s absolute shite” i said, “alright, you caught me tonight” your cigarette burned to the end you lit another off mine again we’d both run out of reasons to stay so we made up reasons anyway door swings open, light spills out somebody’s singing far too loud your friend says, “are you coming now?” you say, “yeah, yeah — in a minute somehow” we went outside for a cigarette said we’d only be a minute yet smoke went thin and the night got late but neither one of us moved away you kept talking, i forgot the time your cold hands wrapped around mine we went outside for a cigarette and somehow we’re still out here yet you told me what you wanted once then laughed and said you’d said too much i told you i’d been going nowhere for longer than i cared to admit and for a second all that noise the shouting, sirens, drunken boys fell somewhere miles behind your eyes and i stopped trying to sound clever for once we went outside for a cigarette said we’d only be a minute yet smoke went thin and the night got late but neither one of us moved away you kept talking, i forgot the time your cold hands wrapped around mine we went outside for a cigarette and somehow we’re still out here yet we went outside for a cigarette said we’d only be a minute yet smoke went out and the club went quiet but i still didn’t want to end the night you stopped laughing, looked at me said, “you know, you’re not what i thought you’d be” we went outside for a cigarette and i’m not ready to go back in yet
