She brushed past me like I meant nothing at all
To her and I stare at the wall
Something has erected between us
Have we wrecked it or did we dream it
And she is ethereal and she is true
But dare I spill my heart to you
Because I can see all your flaws
And the places where the sun thaws
All your ice into fluid water 
And no daughter 
Is exactly like what has come before 
I open the door
And you’re still behind it
I know I’m aloof but I wouldn’t mind it
It’s just a detachment I cultivate
So no one can read my state 
And who I am 
Just dropped outside the plan 
When I was fourteen years old
And wouldn’t do what I was told
I collapsed on the floor
And an open door
Let me out of the dark
And yet I still bear the mark 
Of those two months in depression
It is my ardent confession 
That it was for love of loss
That I took up my cross
And walked with it to Calvary 
I know he didn’t mean to startle me
When he just saw my truth
And I may have been a youth
But I am also ancient, old 
Must I wait until the story is told
To reveal the core
Beyond all the “I love you more”
I just want him to know exactly who I am 
And Kilglass may never win Sam 
But I give my heart and soul to the team 
In the years I’d build a dream 
Til a voice on the sideline 
Puts me on for a minute of time
And the embarrassment colours my skin 
Like talking on the phone to him 
When he pulls the rug I shared out from under me
And if he’s setting me free
I’m gonna fly away
Not wait around for what he’s gonna say 
About my season 
If women are love and men are reason 
Give me compassion any day
And let the rest just fade away

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