I sit and watch you
Reading with your head low
I wake and watch you
Breathing with your eyes closed
I sit and watch you
I notice everything you do or don't do
You're so much older and wiser
And I
I wait by the door
Like I'm just a kid
Use my best colors for your portrait
Lay the table with the fancy shit
And watch you tolerate it
If it's all in my head
Tell me now
Tell me I've got it wrong somehow
I know my love should be celebrated
But you tolerate it
I greet you
With a battle hero's welcome
I take your indiscretions all in good fun
I sit and listеn
I polish plates
Until they gleam and glistеn
You're so much older and wiser
And I
I wait by the door
Like I'm just a kid
Use my best colors for your portrait
Lay the table with the fancy shit
And watch you tolerate it
If it's all in my head
Tell me now
Tell me I've got it wrong somehow
I know my love should be celebrated
But you tolerate it
While you were out building other worlds
Where was I
Where's that man who'd throw blankets
Over my barbed wire
I made you my temple
My mural, my sky
Now I'm begging for footnotes
In the story of your life
Drawing hearts in the byline
Always taking up too much space or time
You assume I'm fine
But what would you do if I
I break free and leave us in ruins
Took this dagger in me and removed it
Gain the weight of you, then lose it
Believe me, I could do it
If it's all in my head
Tell me now
Tell me I've got it wrong somehow
I know my love should be celebrated
But you tolerate it
I sit and watch you