Time takes care of the wound
So I can believe
You had so much to give
I thought I couldn't see.
Gifts for bootheels to crush
Promises, deceit.
I had to send it away
To bring us back again.
Your eyes and body brighten
Silent waters deep
Your precious daughter in the
Other room asleep.
A kiss goodnight from every
Stranger that I meet.
I had to send it away
To bring us back again.
Morning theft
Unpretender left,
Ungraceful…
True self is what
Brought you here to me
A place where we can
Set this love free.
Friendship battered down
By useless history
An exam in failure
But what am I still to you
Some thief who stole from you.
Or some fool drama queen
Whose chances were few?
Love brings us to who we need
A place where we can save
A heart that beats
As both siphon and reservoir.
You're a woman, I'm a calf
You're a window, I'm a knife
We come together
Making chance into starlight.
Meet me tomorrow night
Or any day you want.
I have no more right to wonder
Just how or when.
And though the meaning fits
There's no relief in this
I miss my beautiful friend.
I had to send it away
To bring her back again.