How can you say you know
the pain when you are the
cause?
How can you say you're sorry
when you never mean it anyway?
You mend the night with hollow
stitches Threat that phrase in dawn's
applause
You count on silence like a
currency Then spend it when it's
safe
You spin the map and move
the tide Call it fate,
call it a phase But I
see every seam you hide Every
excuse you trace I won't be
the quiet in your war The
steady hand that lets you fall
I won't refine the truth you
break I won't rebuild your walls
You keep saying sorry like a
song That never learned the words
I'm done learning how to dance
Around the things you never heard
You decorate the empty room
with the echo of your name
Leave the curtains closed to keep
the light from feeling like a
blame You throw your ghost against
my windows Watch the glass sing
out my shame But promises are
paper boats They sink before the
rain
You light a candle in the
dark Then blow it out and
call it brave You teach me
patience like a task Then punish
anything I crave I won't be
the quiet in your war The
steady hand that never lets you
fall I won't refine the truth
you break I won't rebuild your
walls You keep saying sorry like
a song That never learned the
words I'm done learning how to
dance Around the things you never
heard So take your rehearsed forgiveness
Tuck it neatly in your coat
Wear it on a foreign shoulder
Like a flag you never wrote
I learned the language of my
leaving Learned to close the door
and go There's a street that
smells like freedom And it doesn't
need your glow I won't be
the quiet in your war The
steady hand that lets you fall
I won't refine the truth you
break I won't rebuild your walls
You keep saying sorry like a
song That never learned the words
I'm done learning how to dance
Around the things you never heard
How can you say you know
the pain when you are the
cause?
How can you say you're sorry
when you're already gone?