The halting squeal
So vibrant I can feel
A fable of a person only told about
Will now seem real
Will I find
A mistaken test of time
Another wounded heart for me to heal

If I knew it from the start
Waiting would have been too hard
Knowing you would always be
Falling with me
Show your bruises and your scars you hide so well.

But then I see
Something so unlike the others
As they shy away
Try to prevent themselves from uttering dark truths
They only say
When your back is turned
and they remember how it could be
Can I shake it up?
Exposing what's underneath

If I knew it from the start
Waiting would have been too hard
Knowing you would always be
Falling with me
Show your bruises and your scars you hide so well.
I'll show you mine, just promise you won't tell.

Feel your heat
Burn through the seat
The cold hard legs
Would buckle underneath
The fate we cheat
If we allow
Our eyes to meet

Don't look now if you don't know
you're ready for what I'd give to you baby.
So shut down and I'm not sure
There's much inside and you know that you're nearing the end.
Your crooked smile - it proves to me
That I'm not alone in feeling so hazy
Take in the last breath you'll ever know

Scars you hide so well
x 4

If I knew it from the start
Waiting would have been too hard
Knowing you would always be
Falling with me
Show your bruises and your scars you hide so well.