Leaves Traces - Br'er

Mistakes leave traces

Pain leaves the same

Time burrows trenches

Across your face

You think you can leave it

And you think you’re free

You don’t have to believe in it

It lives in me

Mistakes leave traces

Shame leaves the same

But my heart embraces

The way you say my name

I feel your essence

Penetrate the room

It passes through me

Leaving a «you» shaped residue

In your wake are just those who cared

Whose kindness you’ve leached out

Oh just to feed your «self expression»

Just to mask your crippling doubt

And when your boy supply is dry and depleted

And there’s no one left to choose

And all that’s left is this life you’ve just completed

There’s no one left but you to lose

Mistakes leave traces

Pain leaves the same

Time burrows trenches

Across your face

Mistakes leave traces

Shame leaves a stain

But my heart embraces

The way you say my name