Warning Signs

Take all the time that you want

I'll be right here

Your stoic sense of relief

For the heavy years

And when it all comes undone

We'll pull into place

But your love, as much as it feels

Like a fortress, dear

Can't help shaking the sense

It's a souvenir

I'll soon be left to recall

In fondness and pain

Because it all has a time and place

And we all got that figure to face

Warning signs and it's spelt out in red

Maybe I'm better off in the dread

Maybe I'm better off in the dread

Hang on, you're coming too close

To a burning room

And I love you too much

To see you consumed

So please, excuse me if I

Seem distant these days

Sure you see kindness and peace

But you should know

There's something deep underneath

I don't always show

And on the loneliest nights

It comes out to say

That it all has a time and a place

And we all got that figurative face

Warning signs and it's spelt out in red

Maybe I'm better off in the dread

But this won't be the end to my truth

At the edge of my mind on a noose

When this tattoo was a symbol in jest

But now it's coming alive in my head

Maybe I'm better off in the dread

Maybe I'm better off in the dread