Wounded Fighter

Once I stopped him

 From entering my mind

Through the front door

 He found a back door

And my mind feels like a haunted house

Except, there's no way out

Mercilessly chopping my heart

 Into even smaller pieces

Each and every day

You see me in the daylight

 And you think that I'm shining

From my radiant smile

 You cannot guess that I've been crying

 I don't blame you for not knowing how I feel

 I didn't tell the whole story, cause then it felt less real

But when I drive home in the desert sun

 Crossing red lights

I recall our conversation

While I try not to collide

 I hear this husky voice in the back of my mind

Asking the same old question:

 A wounded fighter, but the battle don't end

 The battle doesn't end

 My shield is broken and I'm tired

 I'm not ready to love you, ready to love you

Ready to love you yet

You see me in the moonlight

Silent tears in my eyes

You don't know what to say

 Now that I've lost my disguise

I lost all my weapons and my bravery's gone

I'm sorry 'bout the drama, I didn't ask you to come

We started easy conversation

Trying not to collide

I heard this husky voice in the back of my mind

 And I asked you this question:

 A wounded fighter, but the battle don't end

The battle doesn't end

My shield is broken and I'm tired

 I'm not ready to love you, ready to love you

 Ready to love

I tried to work through the pain

 But I couldn't find a way

 To be happy and sane

Now that you're not my man

Oh, oh

My wounds are open, bleeding on

I'm not ready to love you, or anyone

I'm not ready to love...