if I told you that I loved you
would you run away with me?
do you think that I'm a liar
when I say you're my cup of tea?
it's a complicated world out there
but it's so easy right here
don't be scared
I know a safe place my dear
your arms that hold me so tight
your lips that whisper lullabies
your fingers that trace my spine
you make me happy and quiet my cries
so don't run away without me
don't take a boat or plane
the world scares me
and it's about to rain
so let's stay here, inside
while you sing your lullabies
and I'll join you in the chorus today
because it's raining and pouring
your old man is snoring
so let's sit here and sing our song
promise you it won't be long
but I hope it doesn't stop raining soon
because I want to sit here with you
because I want to say I love you

give me a hug
for the road ahead
give me a smile
so I remember again
show me the way
down the winding road
towards home
haven't seen it in
so many years
just the thought
brings up my tears
not that they
are worth anything
and there's not
much to bring back
the empty bed
screams your departure
and the cobwebs
whisper I'm a martyr
can't help but wonder
if you're okay out there
wherever there is
hope you know I care
and that I forgive you
for all the bad times
'cause there were good times
to make up for mine
and all the mistakes
that swirled around us
held no bearing,
didn't make us fuss
but I miss you
in this cold empty place
doesn't feel like home
there's no trace of you
give me a hug
for the road ahead
give me a smile
so I remember again
show me the way
down the winding road
towards home

you found me shattered on the floor
glued me together,swum me back to shore
don't think you know that, do you?
I'm good at hiding things from view
but someday when we're old and gray
I'll tell you, because then I'll know how to say
I love you
right now the words get stuck in my throat
like there's wool from an old winter coat
just can't seem to say the words to you
and I hope you feel the same way I do
I just..I just can't tell
it's like a magic spell
over me
holding in my feelings
hope you understand from my eyes
from my sweet and sad lullabies
the words I cannot say

but someday when we're old and gray
I'll tell you I love you
the spell will be gone
I will move on and tell you
the words I've known for years
the ones held back by tears
the words I cannot say

one day you'll be remembering my name
one day you'll be thinking of me again
some day you'll be standing on the pier
and you'll say to the wind oh my dear
where have you gone where have you gone

oh dear soldier boy
when will you come home
play with a toy
little soldier boy
you've forgotten haven't you?

put down your gun
learn how to laugh
forget about war
the fields are far away
and all that's left to say
is run with me soldier boy

have you forgotten your mother's face?
have you forgotten how to smile?
have you not learned how to love
or sigh to the sky far up above

put down your bayonet
forget about all the blood
lay here in the grass
not in the mud
hear the pretty singing
hear church bells a'ringing
don't forget me soldier boy

and promise to come traipsing
back over the hills
to your mother dear

o, little soldier boy
have you forgotten how to dream?
how to laugh and smile?
dont forget me little soldier boy
I'll be waiting on this hill always

don't forget me soldier boy

I'm out chasing things
that have lost meaning
I'm out chasing things
that are using old words
they're acting like they're original
but they've been stolen
it's like the future
that's been written
five million times
five million times again
and I'm feeling like
maybe it's never existed
but hey, gotta die trying
'cause otherwise I'll die wishing
that I had kept moving
for something other than myself
the world's full of sin
but it can be worth it
so worth it if we forget
if you can forget

I am skin and bones, bones and skin
barely held together from within
all the hopes that held my dreams
didn’t really know what to be
but skin and bones, bones and skin
now I’m floating out in space
didn’t leave a bread crumb, not a trace
don’t follow me into the darkness
I’m hopin’ you will see the light

wraith-like, an apparition of humanity
a daring definition of me
I’m not really here, not really standing in front of you
one sneeze and I’ll blow away
‘cause I’m just skin and bones
you know it, bones and skin
so thin you can see right through me

cradled by the world, in a tiny little house
balled up in my covers, quiet as a mouse
you walk in and call my name
I hear it, I breath in an exclamation
it’s all the same, it’s all the same I fear
don’t call me baby, don’t call me dear
I’m just skin and bones, did’nt you hear?
standing in the darkness, I know it’s true
that light was never meant to be, not me and you
can’t you hear the crying of all the bells?
can’t you hear the lighting of torches and yells?

I am skin and bones, bones and skin
hold together, don’t let me in
no dreams ‘cause hopes are ignited by flame
it’s a curse, don’t call my name
I didn’t really know what to be out there
a part of me told me not to care
for I was meant to be skin and bones