Words Like Glass

(Mmm)

Yeah, just let it swing

The rain is tapping on the windowpane

I’m tracing patterns in the fading light

I didn’t mean to cause you all this pain

But words like glass have shattered through the night

I see the shadow cast across your face

A quiet echo of the things I said

I’m searching for a softer, kinder space

To silence all the static in my head

Oh, I never wanted to be the one to break you

To leave a sting beneath your velvet skin

I feel the weight of every breath it takes you

To let me back where we have always been

Yeah, it hurts me just to see you hurting so

I’m holding on when I should let it go

I count the minutes since the silence grew

Between the promises we used to keep

I spoke without a thought of losing you

And now the jagged edges run so deep

That's right, the melody is out of tune

We’re dancing circles on a broken floor

Beneath the hollow of a pale blue moon

I’m knocking softly at your heavy door

Oh, I never wanted to be the one to break you

To leave a sting beneath your velvet skin

I feel the weight of every breath it takes you

To let me back where we have always been

Yeah, it hurts me just to see you hurting so

I’m holding on when I should let it go

Can we trade the thorns for roses once again?

Can we wash the bitter taste with vintage wine?

I’m just a traveler caught within the rain

Praying for your hand to rest in mine

Swing it now, yeah

It’s in the way you look away from me

A distant harbor where I cannot land

I’m fighting for the person I should be

Trying to help you understand my hand

I know the apology is just a start

A fragile bridge across the deep divide

I’m carrying the burden of your heart

With nowhere left for all this grief to hide

Oh, I never wanted to be the one to break you

To leave a sting beneath your velvet skin

I feel the weight of every breath it takes you

To let me back where we have always been

Yeah, it hurts me just to see you hurting so

I’m holding on when I should let it go

Yeah, I’m holding on

Let it go, let it be

I never meant to hurt you, dear

Just listen to the melody

(Mmm, that's right)