Zoology

He said, "How is it you never write me a nice one?

They're always so hard to sit through"

He said, "I know they're good ones, but darling,

they're hard ones to hear,

when I've been, where I've been with you"

So here's an attempt to pull heart in lament

to the things I know I put you through

I just hope that it does you an adequate justice

It's all that, the least I can do

So I pick up my pen, try to just spout it out

But I can't seem to find what to say

Because something just gets in the way

That didn't quite go to plan

Maybe I'm just not man enough, strong enough, up to the

test

Just sing from the heart

Forget wit, story arc

And a need to put something to rest

To think how you saved me when everyone hated me

How do you sum that shit up?

There just isn't room in a quaint little tune

to shed light on the dark you lit up

But I'll grab my guitar

and we'll both see how far I can get

with what I have to say

But then something just gets in the way

Darling, don't fret

I may not fail you yet

I can feel it, it's coming, I swear

There's still time to write

This could be out of sight

if you can just hang on in there

How can I hold a flame to the hurt and the pain

to the laughter, the grace and the lust?

How the creature inside seemed to flee from the fight

To do right, to be good, to be just

But you taught me to love and you taught me to fight

And I fought with you all of the way

Because something just gets in the way

I started out trying to write you a nice one

But something just got in the way

Yeah, something just gets in the way