Slow Bleed

When it hurts but you can't say anything. Lyrics: [Verse 1] The coffee cools between my hands In this familiar, crowded place You’re talking loud about your plans And I’m just staring at your face You smile and say you're doing well You tell me how your weekend went And every word’s a quiet hell You're happy now, I'm fully spent I laugh at all the proper times And play the part that we agreed But every laugh is telling lies To hide the hunger and the need [Chorus] And I’m just dying to crawl back into your arms To feel the safety of the world we used to know But I’m the one who set off the alarms Tore down bridges, watched the embers glow Now I'm your friend, the one who plays along While you just pull the thread and watch me come undone It’s a slow-bleed kind of song Reopening the wound we’re running from [Verse 2] You trace a circle on the wood And ask me why I’ve been so quiet I’d tell the truth if I just could But truth would start another riot We ruined every single chance Of turning back to what we were It was a beautiful, dark dance That ended in a bitter blur So now I hold my tongue instead And watch you take another sip The ghost of everything we said Is burning holes right through my lip [Chorus] And I’m just dying to crawl back into your arms To feel the safety of the world we used to know But I’m the one who set off the alarms Tore down bridges, watched the embers glow Now I'm your friend, the one who plays along While you just pull the thread and watch me come undone It’s a slow-bleed kind of song Reopening the wound we’re running from [Bridge] [Guitar solo - heavy, weeping, slow bends] You think it's healing because I am sitting here You think friendship means the agony is gone But every casual "goodnight" and see ya Just drags the execution on and on and on We broke the glass, we spilled the wine The damage is too deep to mend I am a prisoner of my own design Cursed to be your perfect friend [Guitar Solo] [Screaming, emotional rock solo that slowly fades back into a single clean guitar pattern] [Chorus] God, I’m just dying to crawl back into your arms To feel the safety of the world we used to know But I’m the one who set off the alarms Tore down bridges, watched the embers glow Now I'm your friend, the one who plays along While you just pull the thread and watch me come undone It’s a slow-bleed kind of song Reopening the wound we’re running from [Outro] Just a friend Yeah, that's the label that we chose Just a friend While the quiet river flows Reopening the wound Over and over again Until the music stops And we pretend