I can only say these things to you when you're sleeping
 I hear the hum from the wires and the sounds of the morning creep in
 I lie awake and pretend you can hear me

 And you tell me that you're scared that you're turning into your mother
 I feel myself turning into my father
 So we lie to eachother like they do and say we're so happy
 It's easy when you're young and you still want it so badly

 I turn over again and I feel my heart beating faster
 I stare out the window and I think I might scream

 And I could tell you that you're all I ever wanted, dear
 I can utter every word you ever hoped to hear
 I shudder when I think I might not be here forever, forever, forever

 The time we were alone together at the station
 You were so quiet like a child and you told me you want to be taken
 Just never thought of you as the kind of girl that would do that
 And you suddenly seem like some faceless thing in my grasp

 And I'd be lying if I said that I didn't find it exciting
 Your eyes all wet, your face so warm and inviting

 And I could tell you that you're all I've ever wanted, dear
 I can utter every word you've ever hoped to hear
 I shudder when I think that I might not be here forever, forever, forever

 I can tell you that I'm always gonna love you like the virgin bride you were that night
 But I'd be lying
 Love is defying

 All I can think is that it must be a kind of rebellion
 To own these fears like soldiers and slay them

 I could tell you that you're all I've ever wanted, dear
 Through the day while you're breathing, while you're sleeping here
 And you wake and you ask me if I'm gonna be here forever, forever, forever

 Your face so twisted and your eyes alight
 I want to tell you I could save you when you cry at night
 But I'll be trying
 Love is defying
 Won't you stop crying?