Time takes care of the wound
  So I can believe
  You had so much to give
  You thought I couldn’t see
  
  Gifts for boot heels to crush
  Promises deceived
  I had to send it away
  To bring us back again
  
  Your eyes and body brighten
  Silent waters, deep
  Your precious daughter in the
  Other room, asleep
  
  A kiss “Goodnight” from every
  Stranger that I meet
  I had to send it away
  To bring us back again
  
  Morning theft
  Unpretender left
  Ungraceful
  
  True self is what
  Brought you here, to me
  A place where we can
  Accept this love
  
  Friendship battered down by
  Useless history
  Unexamined failure
  
  But what am I still to you
  Some thief who stole from you?
  Or, some fool drama queen
  Whose chances were few?
  
  That brings us to who we need
  A place where we can save
  A heart that beats as
  Both siphon and reservoir
  
  You’re a woman, I’m a calf
  You’re a window, I’m a knife
  We come together
  Making chance in the starlight
  
  Meet me tomorrow night
  Or any day you want
  I have no right to wonder
  Just how, or when
  
  You know the meaning fits
  There’s no relief in this
  I miss my beautiful friend
  
  I have to send it away
  To bring her back again.