The Truce Between the Sexes (extended version)

You come round here with your lame excuses
Acting free and easy, talking cheap and loose
I let you in, I should know better
After all I wrote you it all in a letter
About why I can't accommodate you
Why I make no attempt to relate to
All the things you hold so dear
See me, I'm naked, no mask
My prejudice is clear

So now why make this late night call
Telling me I was right after all
I've no illusions in this situation
Can't call you back, all I feel is inspiration
I've got freedom shining bright on my horizon
Time to write songs, be my own person
Time to renew friendships lost
Time to sit down and count the cost
Of you setting me free

So why come tears late in the night
Black crow of gloom that blocks out the light
Clutching my pillow, the internal fight
This is what I wanted, so why am I holding on so tight
To a memory

For a while unhappy with all men
Man, masculine, male, anything beginning with M
Made it my life's cause to revenge on all
What was done to me by one of them
Then I took off my razorblade earrings
Hung them high at the side of the bed
Met a man who's vulnerable like me
He cries, he dreams, lets his heart rule his head

So for now, enjoy the ceasefire
The truce between our sides
We both laid down our weapons
To fall down, side by side

And his dreams are wonderful
They glisten, they gleam, like the colours in a peacock's tail
He understands my needs
He knows how hard it is to admit that I've failed
In generalising one half of this race
Hate is general, love is particular
And for now we're in No Man's Land
We're running free, running as fast as we can

So for now, enjoy the ceasefire
The truce between our sides
We both laid down our weapons
To fall down, side by side

But never fear, this war will start again
Once more, we'll retreat behind our lines
He'll show that he's got teeth and he's got balls
And these walls will ring to the tune of the fire
And this temporary ceasefire will become another fading memory
A mistake made, a time for regret
A time when my heart was lost at sea

So for now, enjoy the ceasefire
The truce between our sides
We both laid down our weapons
To fall down, side by side

So for now, enjoy the ceasefire
The truce between our sides
We both laid down our weapons
To fall down, side by side
To fall down, side by side
To fall down, side by side