More Heart Than Sleeve

MORE HEART THAN SLEEVE

I guess I always knew how this was gonna end.
I got so lost in you that I started to pretend
Forced myself in view, and I tried to make you see

I guess I always knew that this just wouldn't last
I'd join the helpless few, that thought they'd make it past
But still I needed proof, As I walked beside belief

The pressure built above my size, still I pressed on hoping you would realize.
This love beneath my eyes, you'll never find.

Couldn't you stay here with me
And be who I thought you could be
I had so much love to give
And I wasted it on you
Couldn't you let yourself feel
Try out a heart that's been sealed
Poured every ounce of me, more heart than sleeve, it's true.
All you left was residue

I guess I've always known,
that I never had the chance.
That all affection shown, would be drowned in circumstance.
And if a seed had sown,
It wouldn't get the time to bloom.

I guess I always knew
This dream would never live.
Just one day with you, would judge
All I can give.
You Wanted my pursuit,
But for me there wasn't room

The bar was set above my reach, still I kept on knowing all we could achieve.
But we strangled love so tight, it couldn't breathe.

Poured every ounce of me, more heart than sleeve
each day, still you threw it all away...