Painting on a fragile face to show to all your friends
and hiding what the world will not allow
the love you knew had ended the loss I knew remained
it led us down the road to be here now
what made you cling to me
what made me cling to you so hard
but who cares why or how
what made the rain, what made the tree to grow
we’re here and that is all we need to know
yes, and without my speaking you know all my cares
when you are there I’m free to be myself
your arms around me and I’m feeling you
in healing you, oh, I can see myself
I see myself reflected in the way you see the world
reflected in your moods and in your eyes
the way we spend the quiet time and laugh beneath the sun
the way we shelter under rainy skies
to wait for love to enter, to always come up empty
to find it in our life is sweet surprise
what made the sun, what made the moon to glow
we’re here and that is all we need to know
yes, and without my speaking you know all my cares
when you are there I’m free to be myself
your arms around me and I’m feeling you
in healing you, oh, I can see myself
taking off the empty mask that got us through the day
it shatters late at night in mad debris
sleeping in an empty room across a hundred miles
I still can feel you holding, loving me
the sound of far-off laughter, the cadence yours and mine
I smile and revel in the mystery
what made our love, what made the pain to go
we’re here and that is all we need to know
yes, and without my speaking you know all my cares
when you are there I’m free to be myself
your arms around me and I’m feeling you
in healing you, yeah, I can see myself
and this is why, this is why
this is why, this is why I love you
lead guitars: Lee Roberson
tenor saxophone: Chris Millikan