It was an alien concept
The idea
That love is blind
Until I met you.
That’s not to say that you
Aren’t beautiful
Yours is just a different kind
One I didn’t appreciate
Until now.
I thought I knew what
My type was
So set in my ways
I had no idea they had
Become prisons.
But now nothing looks the same
Everything is brighter
Every colour reminds me
Of you.
Now that I know you I feel
Everything deeper
My senses are more alert
I see your voice and I
Feel it on my skin.  
This must be what real love feels like
I had no idea that everything
I wanted
Everything I could ever need
Was in you
But here you are.

They say that when you know
You know
And I know that with you I’m safe
I know
They say it’s too soon but with you
I know
When I say I could keep you forever
I know
If you’re not here I don’t feel like me now
I know
I know you want time all alone but
I know
And despite you not knowing it yet
I know, I know, I know

Unfortunately I did it again,
I fell for the daydream,
I idolised men.
Now predictably I’m in way over my head,
Your presence I’m used to,
Your breathing in bed.
You’re part of the furniture now,
We can’t stay away,
Your love is a grass stain,
I can’t wash away.

Too tired to cry,
Too busy to die.
I’ll just say ‘see you later’
Because I don’t do goodbyes.
What a ****** liberty,
What a disease.
No shoes on
Inside the house please.

I could pretend I’ve got it together,
Feign ignorance,
Fake confidence.
I could lie and say im fine with it,
Choke on trickery,
Cheat each bit of me.
But the truth of it is simple,
I fell in love and you fell backwards.
I’m moving slowly and you are
Moving on.
I went off the rails and you just
Went home.

I saw a picture of my dad today,
It shocked me that his hair is grey.
I didn’t recognise his face,
New lines that the years had placed.
It hit me hard inside my chest,
It knocked me back and took my breath.
I do not know that man I saw,
Hardly remember him anymore.
And I wonder if he would know me,
If a picture of me he were to see.

He said my standards were too high,
But my stepdad would drain a river dry
If I needed a drink.
He said the love I want isn’t real,
But my girls would give me their last meal, If I was hungry for it.
He told me I was too much for men,
But no'one treats me better than my best guy friend.
He said he couldn’t marry a girl like me,
But if that’s how I need to be,
For a man to really love me,
Then I would take never again.