Heavy Stone

Bitten by the wind on a hard, hard day
And God I really want you to stay
Pinned by tears and a burning fear
That has smeared us both on the table
There are too many people in this street
There are too many eyes to meet
So I hold your wrist and I feel you listless
Shaking on the edge of your seat
Oh, hide me safe away I want to see myself
Painted an invisible grey
Feed me to the years and I will make myself
Harmless as a drawn-on tear
And please don’t hold me in your soul like a heavy stone
I am carrying my cold heart home
Trapped by a breath and it hit my head like a thousand bricks from the sky
And I saw you choke as the last bridge broke
And our fingers waved goodbye
There are too many clowns stumbling by
There are too many hands to untie
So we leave it there by the tin can chairs
And the pavement swallows our lives
Oh, hide me safe away I want to see myself
Painted an invisible grey
Feed me to the years and I will make myself
Harmless as a drawn-on tear
And please don’t hold me in your soul like a heavy stone
I am carrying my cold heart
Your face has followed me home
With unwanted grace, I leave you lonely
We were never made a perfect piece to fit
We will remain unfinished puzzles as we seat
Oh, hide me safe away I want to see myself
Painted an invisible grey
Feed me to the years and I will make myself
Harmless as a drawn-on tear
And please don’t hold me in your soul like a heavy stone
I am carrying my cold heart home