She put up a wall of alabaster ‘round her heart.
Dense enough to keep me out, but let the light shine in. 
Even when I asked her, she could not recite her part.
She’d just cry.

She described herself as needing more, but could not say
What it was she needed - what her plan was - why she cared.
Even when I asked her, she could not confront the truth.
She was scared.

It looks so hard, like stone and steel, but still the light shone in.
But once the light went in, it’d stay right there.
A heart like that cannot survive to say just where it’s been.
Or even if it’s been anywhere.

INSTRUMENTAL

She could not control the circumstances she was giv’n. 
So, instead, she let it die, she let it crash and burn. 
Even when I asked her, she could not describe the pain.
She’d just burn.

It looks so hard, like stone and steel, but still the light shone in.
But once the light went in, it’d stay right there.
A heart like that cannot survive to say just where it’s been.
Or even if it’s been anywhere.


Alabaster Heart

69 Love Songs

Roses

Sweet-Lovin' Man

Meaningless

The Things We Did and Didn't Do

My Sentimental Melody

Grand Canyon

The Way You Say Good-Night

How to Say Goodbye

Streethawk: A Seduction

The Very Modern Dance

A Pretty Girl Is Like

My Sentimental Melody

The Magnetic Fields