WAR PAINT

(Andersen)

I’d prayed to god I’d seen the end of this
But the turn was mine, a debt to pay
I watched the bond we built go up in flames
Vibrant colors fade to gray

Cause I couldn’t be the one you’d wait for me to be for you
An honest truth, a choice so vain
How much I wish that I could show you
I’ve lived your pain

And I miss you all the time
I miss you in my life
But I know you could not stay
We could not find a way
No direction, just save face

We died alone, you cried the war paint from your face
Helplessly, I watched you shake
You told me that you couldn’t go on this way
So much tension had to break

And I’m so sorry for the hate so deep inside of you
You’ll never live free, free of shame
What’s worse, I know that I can’t save you
Or fix your brain

And I miss you all the time
I miss you in my life
But I know you could not stay
We could not find a way
No direction, just save face

And I feel so damn alone
This story’s all but etched in stone
Forever in that night
Lost within this life