Scar Tissue

I'm healing, I promise
Can't you just tell by my smile?
It's better like this anyway

No label, no safe word
We love until it runs out
Without you, I'm just the same

It's just so convenient that informality is enough
Wouldn't it ruin the whole thing if I told you I'm in love?

Oh no, I'm falling again
You took my hand and you said
No words, not one out of your mouth
You like it when we don't talk
Why call it love when it's not?
But I'd like to tell you right out loud
I'm no longer singing the blues
And all my cuts they're turning to scar tissue

Strike matches, I'm hoping
It's more than meaningless love
I stone face, waiting for the cue

Commitment, devotion
I don't write your name into songs
At least, not the ones I play for you

It's just so convenient that informality is enough
Wouldn't it ruin the whole thing if I told you I'm in love?

Oh no, I'm falling again
You took my hand and you said
No words, not one out of your mouth
You like it when we don't talk
Why call it love when it's not?
But I'd like to tell you right out loud
I'm no longer singing the blues
And all my cuts they're turning to scar tissue

And maybe you're the one who's here
Cutting me down all these years
And I'm just trying to get through

'Cause I want more than you can give
And who we are is not who we've been
Do you feel a single thing?

'Cause I know I'm falling again
And I trust the things that you said
I'm feeling deeper than I should
You like it when we don't talk
But I'll say it's love when it's not
I'd say I mean it if I could

I'm no longer singing the blues
And all my cuts, they're turning, oh
I'm no longer singing the blues
And all my cuts, they're turning to scar tissue