The Knot - Nieves

Where is the face you wore to that party

As I down the drain with your shoes in your hand

You had a laugh and I called you dirty

Then we went home together, but not as planned

You’d loot for bad news out of the paper

Then read it to me like it was my fault

I got it tied at the breakfast table

But let’s not lead these soldiers to war

We said we wouldn’t do this again

You know there’s nothing you can break I can’t mend

As we construct another argument

But leave me with the lights left on

And I can never get them off

Swallowed by the fear that twists my gut

And I can’t find the knot

Nothing that you said was wrong

But there were things you didn’t have to say

You never leave for long

No you and your pride don’t walk away

'Calm down, we’ll wake the neighbors' she whispers and shouts

I’ll sit and take it, but soft as I am, you ruined my dear

Break glass, and tip the table, you’re raising your hands

Red and unstable, it’s not that I’m calm, but at least I try

But leave me with the lights left on

And I can never get them off

Swallowed by the fear that twists my gut

And I can’t find the knot

Nothing that you said was wrong

But there were things you didn’t have to say

You never leave for long

No you and your pride

No you and your pride is all and all ??

Wake from the ledger, the bruise on my head ??

Too small to measure you had to be dear ??

And trailing out on an absence of care

Consider this: that I’m right

And just conceded to sleep through the night

You won’t believe it but I can be fair

Don’t need a motive to say that I care

Cause we are not the same anymore

Yeah, leave me with the lights left on

I can never get them off

Swallowed by the fear, it twists my gut

And I can’t find the knot

Nothing that you said was wrong

But there were things you didn’t have to say

You never leave for long

No you and your pride don’t walk away