I can only say these things to you when youre sleeping
I hear the hum from the wires the sounds of the morning creep in
I lie awake and pretend you can hear me
You tell me that youre scared that you're turning into your mother
I feel myself turn into my father
we could lie to each other like they do and say were so happy
its easy when youre young and you still want it so badly
I feel my heart burning
and I think that I might scream
I can tell you that youre all I ever wanted, dear
I can utter every word you'd ever hope to hear
I shudder when I think that I might not be here forever, forever, forever
At night you whisper like a ghost and you look so shaken
You're so quiet and small and you tell me you want to be taken
I just never think of you as the kind of girl who would say that
You suddenly seem like some faceless thing in my grasp
Your eyes so wide your face a glow
It's the face of someone I don't know
I can tell you that youre all I've ever wanted, dear
I can utter every word you'd ever hope to hear
I shudder when I think that I might not be here forever, forever, forever
all I could think is that it must be a kind of rebellion
To own your fears like soldiers and to slay them.
I can tell you that youre all I ever wanted, dear
Through the din of your breathing while youre sleeping here
you wake and ask me if I'm gonna be here forever, forever, forever
Your face all twisted and your eyes a lie
I want to tell you I can change it when you cry at night
But Id be lying
Love is defying
Were slowly dying
I can only say these things to you when youre sleeping I hear the hum from the wires the sounds of the morning creep in I lie awake and pretend you can hear me
You tell me that youre scared that you're turning into your mother I feel myself turn into my father we could lie to each other like they do and say were so happy its easy when youre young and you still want it so badly
I feel my heart burning and I think that I might scream
I can tell you that youre all I ever wanted, dear I can utter every word you'd ever hope to hear I shudder when I think that I might not be here forever, forever, forever
At night you whisper like a ghost and you look so shaken You're so quiet and small and you tell me you want to be taken I just never think of you as the kind of girl who would say that You suddenly seem like some faceless thing in my grasp Your eyes so wide your face a glow It's the face of someone I don't know
I can tell you that youre all I've ever wanted, dear I can utter every word you'd ever hope to hear I shudder when I think that I might not be here forever, forever, forever
all I could think is that it must be a kind of rebellion To own your fears like soldiers and to slay them.
I can tell you that youre all I ever wanted, dear Through the din of your breathing while youre sleeping here you wake and ask me if I'm gonna be here forever, forever, forever
Your face all twisted and your eyes a lie I want to tell you I can change it when you cry at night But Id be lying Love is defying Were slowly dying