Everything That Remains (song #115)

Everything That Remains

Time can give you distance

But the path of least resistance

Has never really worked for you and me

So much time has now gone by

Ties that bind us you and I

I would (will?) never untie those (these?) strings

I may not know what’s good for me

But you have always made (can always make?) me believe

So many times I’m lost (and) you get me found

I am not the saint they think

So when my head is on the brink

You make sure that I’m on solid ground

Break down all of our defenses

Nothing left to protect us

Everything that remains

Makes everything ok

‘Cuz you and I are more than just connected

Never needing what been rejected

Everything that remains

Makes everything ok

Sometimes there’s nothing left to say

And I tend to get in my own way

You put up with so much of my pride

I don’t understand how you can stand it

The way that I can take you for granted

How many things that you have been denied

Break down all of our defenses

Nothing left to protect us

Everything that remains

Makes everything ok

‘Cuz you and I are more than just connected

Never needing what been rejected

Everything that remains

Makes everything ok

Real love is more complicated

Than just a crush back when we dated

I only know what love is now

Because you showed me how

I love you

Break down all of our defenses

Nothing left to protect us

Everything that remains

Makes everything ok

‘Cuz you and I are more than just connected

Never needing what been rejected

Everything that remains

Makes everything ok

© 2014 by Richard Maxwell

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