(verse 1) laughs easily beside her and tells funny stories eager to know her even with all her misgivings ah he’s a lovely disposition an easy manner, a caring heart but she knows he's meeting a beaten down woman in a mask of smiles and strawberry fields (chorus) she thinks she must scare him (does she scare him?) she must not delay such a temptation to just push him, push him away he's so well-meaning (so sweet, so sweet) curiosity innocent as a babe the world is a scary place and she's a frightening stormy day (she’s a frightening stormy day) (verse 2) genuinely happy but the fear is too great it swallows the hope before it could even grow cuz she's been here already god, does she already know (she knows, she knows) he doesn’t see the giant hole in her chest the ache of her world this side of another test eh, she doesn’t mind it’s for the best … (chorus) she thinks she must scare him and she must not delay such a temptation to just push him, push him away (push him, push him away away away, push him away) he's so well-meaning curiosity innocent as a babe the world is a scary place and she's a frightening stormy day she’s a frightening stormy day and what does he even know about that? what does he what does he what does he even know about that? (yeah it’s for the best) (chorus) she thinks she must scare him and she must not delay such a temptation to just push him, push him away (push him, push him away away away, push him away) he's so well-meaning curiosity innocent as a babe the world is a scary place and she's a frightening stormy day she’s a frightening stormy day and what does he even know about that?


