SLOW BLEED

Had to smile again tonight

Take the picture in the light

Make the moment look so bright

Hey hey, hey hey

 

Had to wave and hold it there

Do the kisses in the air

Had to take in all their stares

Hey hey, hey hey

 

Don’t they know that you were there

Tight and brittle, feeling bare

Knowing that I didn’t dare look round

Didn’t they see every cringe

The extra shine, the reddish tinge

The smell of something burning to the ground

Without a sound

 

That slow bleed

In the gut you’ll never see

It’s my need

Crawling underneath my skin

Slow bleed....

Doesn’t show until it’s too late

 

Took a punch right to the gut

Saw the lights before they shut out

Everything from your back door

And I was lying on the floor and

Felt the blood it start to spread

Felt like I was turning red but

Only from the inside out

It seems

 

I’ve been hit like this before

Took it and came back for more

Took it like a sucker so they say

What else can I really do

Everything I do for you

Nothing seems to make it go away

And so it stays

 

You don’t know but I take punches for you every day

Take them one and all, but not the credit

Maybe one day when I fall you’ll know the price I paid

But not till someone else has finally said it

 

Had another dream tonight

Saw you walk into the light

Saw you look at me and turn away

One more door that’s locked to me

One more friend who’s blocked to me

One more piece of me that’s torn away

That said she’d stay

 

That slow bleed

In the gut you’ll never see

My need

Crawling underneath my skin

Slow bleed....

Doesn’t show until it’s too late

 

It’s too late