Jailbird Love

I can listen to you lie

But every time another part of me will die

And another tear I will cry

Just like a gunshot to my heart

A bullet to my brain

But by your side I still remain

 

I’m told I deserve better

More than a jailbird and his monthly letter

Locked away for his violence

Without him around the house is filled with a deathly silence

No crashing plates

No drug taking mates

Just me and my bruises

 

I know people think you’re abusive

I know people think I’m stupid

Maybe even deluded

How can you help who you fall for?

But I can’t withstand this love anymore

 

I am stronger than this

Not taken in by your kiss

I’ll tell it to you straight

But I’ve left it too late

 

Now I am the reason your in your cell

Accompanied to my farewell

Maybe it was just a possessive love

Now I can only be represented by a white dove