Soft & Warm

Everyone loves a man who lets the hardest people Build him up and cut him down to lovable size And somebody holds a candle, by right of taste or longing Worlds of men, blurred us and them You love, you despise I've seen the years go by in triple lines of gray Oh you were always underground You were always underground If I could catch you I would hold you for a day Oh won't you do this when you can? Do what you can I've seen the hardest people soften in the spotlight Won't you stop and breathe, tell me what you want to feel I could draw on all these things Baby I feel this beauty pull me two ways Soft and warm, I know this is all I need One day we will learn to grieve Baby I'd leave you for the person you used to be Everyone has a secret, so bite your mother tongue And let the truth bleed over you, you wolf in sheep skin You can never describe the future, but you can paint the past In shades of blue, old money hues with new money charm God shake this sickness, won't this decade ever end? Oh it's been going on for years Been happening for years Can't face the truth, why can't things always just begin? Because they always end in tears, they always end in tears I've seen the hardest people soften in the spotlight Won't you stop and breathe, tell me what you want to feel I could draw on all these things Baby I feel this beauty pull me two ways Soft and warm, I know this is all I need One day we will learn to grieve Baby I'd leave you for the person you used to be You are so young, so feel alive And one day you will live on your own You are so young, so feel alive And one day you will live on your own You are so young, so feel alive And one day you will live on your own You are so young, so feel alive And one day you will live on your own And you are so young, so feel alive And one day you will live on your