The Hide

Everything was so intractable
looking back and looking forth.

I never wanted to break your heart.
But more than that, I never wanted to break mine.

I guess it seems like sometimes
I need the hide

just to stay alive.

All those passages that landed
near the front steps of a broken home;

I hope you have forgiven me.
and I hope that I've forgiven me, too.

I wrote a million songs for you, and you, and you.
And every one I've ever loved needed 
the hide

just to stay alive.

I wrote a million songs for you, and you, and you.
And every one I've ever loved needed 
the hide

just to stay alive,
just to survive.

I'm so grateful that 
everything is so intractable.

Looking back and looking forth
no more.