Poor Heart

♪ A life unlived Leads to worse than this My regrets amount to not much more than a kiss My time is nigh My heart is poor My worst enemies are flooding through the door Slowly, God willing I'll hold down these feelings Slowly receding Say goodbye as I close the door. ♪ Fears are mere mirrors Turning tears into terrors Forever surrender Bow for them in their ivory towers One time things seemed clearer But I soaked in my squalor Should never have told her How can I ever look at her now? ♪ A paltry sum could eat the whole sun The sky's gone dark, and it seems I'm the only one My will is gone My heart is scored My worst tendencies are locking up the door. Slowly, God willing I'll hold down these feelings Slowly receding Say goodbye as I close the door (Close the door) ♪ Fears are mere mirrors Turning tears into terrors Forever surrender Bow for them in their ivory towers One time things seemed clearer But I soaked in my squalor Should never have told her How can I ever look at her now? Fears are mere mirrors Turning tears into terrors Forever surrender Bow for them in their ivory towers One time things seemed clearer But I soaked in my squalor Should never have told her How can I ever look at her now? ♪ Fears are mere mirrors Turning tears into terrors Forever surrender Bow for them in their ivory towers One time things seemed clearer But I soaked in my squalor Should never have told her How can I ever look at her now? ♪ A short reprieve To unclench my teeth A growing blight of evergreen dependencies My mind is sick My heart is floored My worst remedies are sealing up the door. Slowly, God willing I'll hold down these feelings Slowly receding Say goodbye as I close the door ♪ Fears are mere mirrors Turning tears into terrors Forever surrender Bow for them in their ivory towers One time things seemed clearer But I soaked in my squalor Should never have told her How can I ever look at her now? Fears are mere mirrors Turning tears into terrors Forever surrender Bow for them in their ivory towers One time things seemed clearer But I soaked in my squalor Should never have told her How can I ever look at her now? (Close the door) (The door) ♪ Slowly, God willing I'll hold down these feelings Slowly receding Say goodbye as I close the door (The door) (The door)