The Look

She always seems to keeps me guessing

It's up to me to feel fine

She keeps on writing invitations

And leaving me outside

Bent over backwards trying to fix this

She said it wasn't worth the cost

I'd touched a feather to the trip wire

And was suddenly an albatross

And I know it like an old scar

As soon as it starts

If it's a competition

A race to care the least

You'll find me at the starting line

Just shuffling my feet

I'd probably wait forever

If I was still naïve

But I've come to know the look

Of people leaving me

Yes I've come to know the look

Of people leaving me

I want to validate her feelings

I want to be a safety net

It's likely trauma gives it meaning

But there's beauty in it yet

It makes me absolutely loyal

It drives me positively mad

I'd never forgive myself for leaving

'Cuz that's the love I never had

And I know it like an old scar

As soon as it starts

If it's a competition

A race to care the least

You'll find me at the starting line

Just shuffling my feet

The part that waits forever

Is eternally naïve

Praying ever to the look

Of people leaving me

Lay me down beside the look

Of people leaving me

You won't find me on the easy road

Even if it means I have to walk alone

There's just too much that I wanna know

Hidden in the uncomfortable things

I'm not going 'round in circles

I've just never seen a straight line to the truth

And these treasures that I'm finding

Are worth all they put me through

Gentlest companion

My responsibility

Painting faces with the look

Of people leaving me

Until the day I find the look

Of someone loving me