and I’ve fallen again
here in the dust where the best stories end
I can start to defend
all that I once tried to condemn
every song is the same
harmonies clash to carve out the pain
I can write my own name
but I write yours and shoulder the blame
at least I can catch these ivory tears
as the sun dies and the world disappears
everything I have not said is true
I tear out this page and present it to you
and I’m broken again
curse and scream as my eyelids descend
I can’t hope to defend
what I have said while you’ve been my friend
is our passion the same?
raise the sword ’til the end of your reign
you can cover the stain
and place the shards back into the frame
at least I can catch these ivory tears
as the sun dies and the world disappears
everything I have not said is true
I tear out this page and present it to you
at least I can catch these ivory tears
(I can catch)
as the sun dies and the world disappears
everything I have not said is true
(tear a page from that book we once knew)
I tear out this page and present it to you
at least I can catch these ivory tears
as the sun dies and the world disappears
[unused verse]
every song is so frail
in the road shouting into the gale
I can tell my own tale
but you know the ending beyond the veil