Safe and Sound

(To be read in the rhythm of “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen / Rufus Wainwright) I know I said I’d be better by now But I wander through like a ghost in town And I can’t live with the person that did that to you It’s not unlike a wounded heart It bleeds and aches like dripping art And yet it beats in rebellion to keep the pain in I have hurt you I have lost you I have let you down And now you’re forced To keep me around, Safe and sound We both know I’ve been here before, I’m a coward commanding a broken horse Expecting him to move on like a machine Ignorance is a travelled arch But recklessness is the patriarch It takes the lead and decomposes all your progress I have hurt you I have lost you I have let you down And now you’re forced To keep me around, Safe and sound I have no pride in what I did. It makes me question my will to live But then again, that was questioned before I know that’s not what you want to hear But then you ask me to draw you near And I cannot shield the darkness as it’s around me Hold me softly Don’t forgive me Here I will sit down I’m sorry you’re forced to keep me around Safe and sound