Leland Avenue

if you were the one,
i'd surely have done
more to make you happy

your happiness comes
with a white glove and some
ironic guide to freedom

i could not reveal
a pinch of doubt or fear
without you taking it to mean i hate you

so take it anyway you want it
i am done with all the shit
leave me nothing left to lose, 'cause i've lost my faith in you

yes it seems tough
for the both of us
and my faith is just as weak
for all of my hopes

but to kill bitterness
i'll forget about you

but once more i'll reveal
the passion that i'd feel
naked, unprotected
when i trusted you

i've got to leave you behind

if you were the one
all that we'd done
would be enough to quiet

these dreams i've been having
of being left on the beach
and in stillness i would sleep

and in your arms i'd wake
and all the time we'd take
and all that we could give would be carry us