i know you hold your heart gingerly
i know the tendency to run
when it insists on beating
love become the enemy
when love does what it does
which pulls at us to find our
inner demons
trust a victim of them
rushing out to kill a dream when
they see their time has come
one last attempt at getting me
to wanna bite a gun
one last attempt to make you think
that nothing nice can come
from a heartbeat so large we
can hardly pretend we're in charge
we can hardly explain the feeling
it needs to change
i need to reign it in
or maybe kill it
cause lets be realistic
aiming for the stars is great
but every time i take shot
i always scrape the ceiling
i know the feeling
but i know i can't escape the truth
and who you are to me
i'm sorry but you can't excuse it
i hate to do it, but the farther down
we take it proof is
so hard to fight it
but in light of it
i'm making moves and
making music

cause the fact is, love is action
its impact is impossible to track
or reach when its more of just a crash
into something you dont ask for
and you know you wanna laugh
i wanna fast foward
not gonna ask for anything, i'm glad for
what i know i have this, passion
exacting, true to what is lasting
burning up the bad and its
hard for me to bask in it
but i know the fact is

if only i can see you
growing with this lonely light
and hope that life could need you
knowing i could keep you
in my focus or my rearview
knowing that i dont decide
i wont decide to leave you
when i can only i can reach you
knowing that my fingers wanna
close around and cling to
every hope that i can keep you
knowing that i need you
i wont decide to squeeze
or choke the breath that needs
to breath, so i can breath
so i release you

i am become the man that i deserve to be
fuck what you heard
i'm pretty sure you've never heard of me
im pretty sure i wasnt sure until i heard you speak
about the hurt and how you're nervous
now its certainly
something with destiny and service
and those perfect teeth
to kill the rest of me is murder
in the third degree
but i've invested every word in
what the words can mean
and i stress them in the verb
of living worthily
this is easy
like its natural
like believe me, or don't
because its practical
to think you see an act
it doesnt matter what you bring to me
i'm here to grapple with and grow
and see you be complete
why do we think we need to
know it all before its fine?
we're on a road that pushes forward
as it goes in time
we think we chose it
but we're born to it
we dont decide
i'll hold your hand
or let it go
but still i know its mine
i know the signs….

if only i can see you
growing with this lonely light
and hope that life could need you
knowing i could keep you
in my focus or my rearview
knowing that i dont decide
i wont decide to leave you
when i can only i can reach you
knowing that my fingers wanna
close around and cling to
every hope that i can keep you
knowing that i need you
i wont decide to squeeze
or choke the breath that needs
to breath, so i can breath
so i release you

this is catch and release