Damaged Goods

She forced a smile Said, "Boy, come kiss my mouth" You know that hope you're holding to? It looks an awful lot like fear Now you're so quick to fall on failure And so quick to raise your voice, like "If I can't find a mistake to blame We didn't have a choice" Oh, but you had an option I was your chance to feel complete But when I leaned in close to you You kissed your fear instead of me You had my hand in your hand You had my lip in your teeth You had my heart on your sleeve You had a chance to breathe But boy, you wouldn't let your fear recede So I moved on Oh, and it's too late to change your mind Now you got scared, boy, and I got gone Now you failed and there's no way to turn back time You had your chance Boy, I tried You tried? I looked her in the eye and smiled My girl, you must understand that fear is not some product that I made It crept unwelcome in my head The day they had her torn away It changed me Now at the end of every day I lie awake at night and wait To feel the wires of my brain Get cut and quietly rearranged And hear my beaten heart exclaim "Still, I refuse to let her go" So we escape to our mistakes For they wait patiently for us Oh, how they always wait for me If my fear has kept me here Only my fear can set me free And I'm sorry dear But don't you dare speak another word How could I risk holding your heart in me While still in love with her? You were wrong