Scars

There’s a scar between us

A thorn upon this rose

My skin will only weaken

The more I lose control

She has the mark of genius

So perfectly impure

A harlequin from Venus

Walking through my door

Sorry love

I’ve seen you in history books

I’ve seen you in the quiet looks

I’ve seen you in the firelight

I see you when I close my eyes

And when I see you between these lines

I breathe your name back to life

I see you suffer on your own

I see you and I want to take you home

She has the mark of sorrow

She suffers in my skin

My scars are hers to borrow

I’d give her anything

Sorry love

I’ve seen you in tenderness

I see you, my murderess

I see you when the lightning strikes

I see you when I close my eyes

And when I see you, like a blinding light

It’s when I need you, don’t give up this fight

I see you as they throw their stones

I see you and I want you for my own

Well there’s a place for us dreamers

You only have to choose to escape

Their hands are never gonna reach us

And I’m never gonna wake