Defiance at Dawn

and i've never known what was good for me

thats what they will say

shaking their heads with their shadows slow behind them

i never knew, never knew

i always fell for ...

well thats nothing new

anyone would

its like realizing that by changing the shape

of your sticky red lips

suddenly that desperate breathing

becomes song and something of life

and (they knew it all along)

who wouldn't want a love like that

where all the pieces were left about

and put in place and marveled at

and how you treasured that painting

the way it looked against your wall

till you left the window open and the salty wind 

came in and made sport spinning it up and around

and suddenly you saw what was there to see

oh i know you don't listen to me

thats why i write these things down

because one day i'll be right

don't worry it won't last 

i know that they will always win

with their monotone of 'i told you so'

but i'm going to hit this chord one day

and you will understand for a moment or too

       why i did it anyway

i never knew what was good for me

was always bad at the pros and cons

thats why i traded my home for the sea

and my heart for a song

you took them both

and walked away.

one day i'll come back. and claim the key

love was never good to me.