Lynchpin

I was the earth, and you were the sun

You spun like a compass around all that I've done

And I know I've failed, but I tried my best

If only I could touch the hem of your dress

I was a pivot, and you were a lynchpin

You don't know the words, but you like how we bend

And you don't know me now, but you know who I've been

And if you could stay, you could love me again

Because life is a game of interpreting scars

The bruises on my face and the lines on your arms

I haven't forgotten you need carrying, too;

I'm the heaviest burden that ever you knew