You Can't Fail Me Now - Joe Henry

I know that fan is moving air

I can see it in your hair

But I can’t bear to breathe it in somehow

I’ll rise and fall with you

'Cause you can’t fail me now

I’ll rise and fall with you

'Cause you can’t fail me now

Salt as sweet upon my mouth

Dark throw sparks against my house

The stain of love’s a smudge upon my bride

But you see through me And you can’t fail me now

You see right through me And you can’t fail me now

I’ve bit off more than I can chew

It’s something that I tend to do And fewer words are what we need and how

You bite my tongue

And you can’t fail me now

I ran too real

But you can’t fail me now

I lost the faith among the vines

And hung myself in story lines

I tell the tales I never would allow

God knows the name of every bird

That fills my mind like angry words

But you know all my secret heart of vows

We’re taught to love the worst of us And mercy more than life

But trust me mercy’s just a warning

Shot across the bough

I live for yours and you can’t fail me now

I live for your mercy, you can’t fail me now

You can’t fail me now