I do not speak of the ache in my shoulders They bear the burdens I willingly paid for You have your own they live deep in the folds Of your cynical mind like mice I have been bit by them two times or thriceAnd the skin on my hand became tough to the touch Now they sleep deeply you oil the crease of my palm In all my dreams I’m more careful than kind Keep my two hands clean and my tongue on ice I dare you and dare you to fool me twice I’d pay any price to be right'Cause you didn’t speak until it got real bad You didn’t speak, then you broke what you had Let time run its courseI never could forget, but I’ll forgive like a dog Somewhere in my bones these wounds they make their homes But I’m glad you’re home I wait by the door, licking the floor How long can a man ignore a beast and her sores?I know a girl who makes bare of the world Because the light that she wears takes more eyes than is fair She holds the weight of a heart that yearns foremost to loveI saw her love and read her lover’s love She burned red, I turned green, did I know anything But when push came to shove, love it wasn’t enough We know nothing'Cause he didn’t speak until it got real bad He didn’t speak, are we to go mad? Must time run its course?I never could forget, but I’ll forgive like a dog Somewhere in my bones these wounds they make their homes But I’m glad you’re home I wait by the door licking the floor How long can a man ignore a beast and her sores?
