I don't deserve to be this close to you

"Playing Melancholy" by The Welcome Home

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I can't justify
How my words are so unkind
I swear that there are better ways
For you to lose your mind

We are quick to fade
Letter red to weathered gray
Like these lousy color metaphors
The rationale decays
'Til I've explained love away
Well aware you'd never stay
But the best of good intentions
Loses luster with the days
And now

These wanderin' hands won't settle down
They ratttle my bones when you are around
And I should know better by now
I've sown this little black heart deep within the ground

Conditions you confound
We address in feathered down
Your heart opens like a parasol
You pirouette around
Through these selfless anecdotes
You are kindred and composed
When you offer me no pardon
In the hopes to juxtapose
But now

These wanderin' hands won't settle down
They ratttle my bones when you are around
And I should know better by now
I've sown this little black heart deep within the ground

Well, honey, I don't deserve to be this close to you
You should keep far away from me
We've got to keep this to ourselves

(Repeat)

I'm not so sure that I
Should be alone tonight
If you could stand the sight
Of crooked smiles and open eyes

(Repeat)

Well, honey, I don't deserve to be this close to you
You should keep far away from me
We've got to keep this to ourselves