I Try - The Staves

I wake, curled like a field mouse

Wrapped in your arms, I know

The house is still asleep

Seasons pass in a hurry

«Do not forget», he said

«I know you best of all»

I burn, I break, I try to do right

You ache, you kiss, you curse

But you lie with me tonight

I am a wisp of a woman

Caught in a gust of wind

I disappear, like smoke

You are, cover to cover

From beginning to end, my friend

The man you ought to be

I burn, I break, I try to do right

You ache, you kiss, you curse

But you lie with me tonight

I burn, I break, I try to do right

You ache, you kiss, you curse

But you lie with me tonight