Tattooed Tears

You should know
That you don’t kick if you don’t have to.
All’s fair in love and war,
I know. Don’t get me wrong.
But if you listen to your heart,
It may mislead you.
Lord, I should know.
I have felt lost for so long.
You had me go from what I thought was sliding carefully to seriously slipping
out of control.
And I’m gonna have to learn
That this love will never be convenient.
I’m gonna have to learn
That this love will never be convenient.
It’s not like a movie when we kiss.
There’ll never be no music when we kiss.
And I’m gonna have to learn
That this love will never be convenient, convenient, oh, convenient.
I hear her whisper,
«All I want is to want nothing.»
The room is dark,
And I’m pretty sure she thinks I’m asleep.
She says, «It just don’t make no sense.
Why can’t it work out in my head?
Why I can’t be happy?
There’s definitely reasons I should be.»
She says, «And I, for one, will not be held
Responsible for someone else.
I gotta go.»
I’m gonna have to learn
This love will never be convenient.
And I’m gonna have to learn
That this love will never be convenient, convenient, oh, convenient.
Let’s talk about how it fell on my shoulders as it came pouring out my ears.
Let’s talk about the face of our love and how it might look with the addition
of tattooed tears.
Let’s talk about the torn-up skin on my fingers right where it meets my
fingernails.
Let’s talk about how what you call sliding carefully is seriously slipping out
of control.
I’m gonna have to learn
That this love will never be convenient.
I’m gonna have to learn
That this love will never be convenient.
It’s not like a movie when we kiss.
There’ll never be no music when we kiss.
And I’m gonna have to learn
That this love will never be convenient, convenient, oh, convenient.