The Loneliness Waltz

Toothless and tired, my soul finds the door To breath and to be nothing less, nothing more Safe from disaster and spared by your love Settle down now, I think that's enough Settle down now, that's surely enough Clung to its sleeve, this old heart's fit to choke Lest you light up my drink or you fill up my smoke All the parents and the poets can cry in their graves From the lack of the love you gave From the lack of the love we gave We are frivolous with our hearts Watch them bend till they break Then we pick up the parts Yeah, we give (we take) We save and condemn And we live just to love again Comfort reminds us of how it should feel It wistfully chains us to fictive ideals And it spurs us to keep all our love in a jar Says I'm just keeping you from harm Just trying to keep you from harm We are frivolous with our hearts Watch them bend till they break Then we pick up the parts Yeah, we give (we take) We save and condemn And we live just to love again Well, someday we'll see We've got nothing to lose We'll be dancing on tables in our Sunday shoes And you'll know that these words I would never betray You're the rose And the thorn And you're safe You're the rose And the thorn And you're safe Yeah, you're the rose And the thorn And you're safe