Verse 1 I woke before the morning with your name inside my mouth the house was cold and listening to every word I left unsaid There’s a cup beside the window that I still don’t put away as if your hands might find it on some ordinary day Verse 2 I walked down by the harbour where the tide was turning black the gulls cried over empty boats and I thought of turning back You said, “Some things are broken and don’t need to be repaired” I laughed because I hated you for being right and standing there Chorus I am wounded but I am not gone there’s a little fire burning where the dark has carried on I am wounded and I carry what you gave not the anger, not the ending just the love I couldn’t save Instrumental / Improvised Passage Piano and bowed bass follow the shape of the vocal melody. Harp enters sparsely, almost like a remembered voice. Drums remain loose and conversational, gradually pulling the music forward. Verse 3 My father never told me that a man could learn to cry so I swallowed all my sorrow and called it getting by But tonight I hear the rain fall on the roof above my bed and for once I let it happen I don't have to understand Bridge If I could meet you in the doorway before we became afraid I wouldn't ask you to stay forever I wouldn't ask you to be changed I'd only say, “I loved you. I was frightened. I was young. And I'm sorry for the silence when I should have used my tongue.” Chorus I am wounded but I am not gone there’s a little fire burning where the dark has carried on I am wounded and I carry what you gave not the anger, not the ending just the love I couldn’t save Outro The morning comes without you and the sea keeps moving on I stand here in the doorway and I breathe until I'm strong Not healed. Not forgiven. Not pretending I don't ache. Just wounded. And still awake.
