It’s easy to lure sailors in with a siren’s song it’s what I’ve always done it’s easy to reel them in with the Machiavellian melody of red lipstick and Robert Frost quotes the cadence of raspy vibrato the aroma of blue roses Every nail painted Every word calculated It’s always so easy and we dance for a while they twirl me around enchanted by my pirouettes And we drink the wine and we watch old films and it’s beautiful for a time But alas nothing gold can stay and I take the road less traveled I become too much too hard to reach too deep too far under the sea buried in Davy Jone’s Locker And they sail away to the other side of the world and drop the memory of me off the edge of it I’m alone again because the sun always sets on the Jersey Shore
Some women fear that they’re not enough I fear that I’m too much But not for him He wandered over all by himself I didn’t have to sing a single note there were no more cadences to whisper he made me want to speak the truth there was no upper hand so I grabbed onto his I started living in my body instead of in my shadow He stormed by beach and took away my suffering He never left no matter how hard it got He stayed when I lost my voice and he helped me get it back When I got dragged down too deep he dove to the bottom of the sea to find me He helped guide me to the surface He helped me remember how to swim.