I bring you love, blood, fish and bone
I bring you half of all I own
I’d bring you every seed I’ve sewn
To only know what you have known

Beneath your heart there is a hole
There is a moat around your soul
A hurt that doesn’t heal
A fear that doesn’t feel
A heart that doesn’t yield to care or warmth

I was the only one to hold a torch
When all was said and done
Who loved you more?
Those were the glory days
When you would sing
I was the only one
Now you’re the only one

I bring you tinder, coal and oil
To warm this cold infertile soil
A frost that doesn’t thaw
A flame that doesn’t draw
A cause that I can’t sponsor any more