[Verse 1]
You knock on my door, your shadow in hand
Spinning your pain like a wedding band
Said you need love, not another fight
But you never ask if I made it through the night

[Verse 2]
You say your mama’s dying slow
And now you’re the fire you used to know
And I see her face every time you scream
I held your breath, when you lost your dream

[Chorus]
But I can’t be the place you run
Every time you block the sun
I gave you light, I gave you time
You gave me bruises dressed as rhyme
And I still care, I swear I do
But I gotta love you from afar...
To stay safe from you

[Verse 3]
You say, “Let’s meet, we’ve been here before”
And I taste the poison behind the door
We never broke in a hotel bed
But the aftermath still haunts my head

[Chorus]
I can’t be the place you run
Every time you come undone
I gave you grace, I gave you truth
You gave me storms and called it youth
And I still ache, I swear I do
But I gotta love you from afar...
To stay safe from you

[Outro]
I used to be your parachute
Now I’m the ground that won’t break loose
I saved you once, I saved you twice
But I won’t drown to make it right
So I light a prayer and let it go
You’ll never know how much I know
This love don’t die, but I won’t lose
My soul again trying to rescue you...

From Afar

Very little is ever just one thing...

--BEWARE--
Unearned Wisdom
-and-
Smiling Glad-Hands

From Afar

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