"Fold"

The best I could have ever hoped for
Would have been for you to keep me in suspense
But you slapped me with your cold truth again and again
Leaving a sting with no room for negotiation
You live by a set of rules, my heart will never follow
So goodbye is my consequence
You must think I am ridiculous
All these months of cat and mouse
You were just an itch I couldn't scratch
A pair of eyes, I could never catch
So here I am-throwing the flag
'Cos I can't play anymore

SP

"I Know"

I hear you don't give out second chances*
Careful baby, 'cos I know you believe
What goes around comes around
So, when you're down on your knees
Begging her to stay
And she tells you it's too late
I hope you'll think of me
Up off my knees, finally free
From the sick spell you had on me

SP

*I never even had a chance to begin with, I hope you know, I know.

"You Say You Understand"

I made a mountain of love
Out of a molehill of drugs
That I grew too weary to climb
Crying over milk that's spilled
Falling in love, falling behind
Now it's water under the bridge
But I'm learning to swim again
With all the innocence of a child

SP

"Then And There"

I can't write you a love poem
Simply, because I don't love you now
But let it be said-
I hope to find you in another life
Your dark eyes searching for mine
And there, we will find oneanother
And then, I will love you wildly
As I had always meant to while we were here

SP

"Ignorance Is Bliss"

I am listening to you from the bedroom
You must be in the kitchen
I hear you slosh my spirit around in that jug
Satiated when it slides down your dry throat
Unaware you may have consumed the last of it

SP

"It's All I Can Do"

It's all I can do to slide past you in our tiny hall
Hoping you won't notice my sturdy hip brush your fragile thigh
It's all I can do to retreat to a room I know you won't bother
How many hours can I spend in the flourecent light with that girl in the mirror

SP

"Never Again"

You stopped in Memphis, on your way to being free
You bought a chair in which to read
Told your mother of your intention to paint
Shades of purple that never came
You hung a cross over your bed
And slipped a wooden one over your head
I watched your eyes as you took it off
And felt your warmth at such a cost
As I arched my back- I couldn't help but see
The weight of sin falling down on me
In the back of my mind, I can still hear Elvis play
Killing me softly, for old time's sake
I don't want you to be a lonely man
But you swear to me never again
Now I know there ain't nothin' like a song
But summertime has passed and gone

SP