I Know, I Know

I wish cliches didn't exist and No one felt a pressure to tell their Friends repeated phrases like mantras Follow your words with actions not with commas I believed you when you said to me You were there if I need somebody I shouted for you 'cross the valley Only echoes came back with your well wishes I know I know I've heard before But these empty words Never got me off the floor Two cents really doesn't weigh that much It flicks off the thumb with a light touch And it hardly costs you anything Cheap investing simply to get away Draw your sword and cut into my heart Take a stab and cut out the bad part I don't need a surgeon or soldier If you make a cut but can't get very far You could tell me that time heals all wounds I will hear, and though it all rings true Sometimes words alone just cut into Where the scar had started to form you