WITNESS - Only Children lyrics

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I put a message in a bottle<br />

And threw it at outer space<br />

It landed in a crowded place<br />

About an hour late<br />

I hope you read it, I wrote it to show you how to chase<br />

The clouds away and bring an April shower to your flower vase<br />

Cause nowadays it's only sour grapes in chardonnay<br />

Life is the back yard and love is the garden maze<br />

It's hard to say that if time hadn't come between us<br />

That we could have been something different<br />

That you could have become my Venus<br />

We were only children the day that I made that incision<br />

And left that heart shaped grenade inside with a pin missing<br />

You wanted a wishing well that wasn't afraid of counterfeit<br />

And I thought that I finally found a kiss<br />

That can't exist in a town like this<br />

We wanted to bound our wrists to something secure<br />

Something with comfort<br />

Something with substance<br />

Something mature<br />

But something shouldn't be short of perfect<br />

For the world to call it brilliant<br />

And I'm sure that we would have found it, love<br />

But we were only children then<br />

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Her name was innocence<br />

Her name was burgundy<br />

Her name was amethyst<br />

Her name was urgency<br />

Her name was indigo<br />

Her name was clarity<br />

Her name was whispered<br />

Where the angels wouldn't dare to speak<br />

Her name was honesty<br />

Her name was summer rain<br />

Her name was chamomile<br />

Her name was hunger pangs<br />

Her name was ivory<br />

Her name was fulfillment<br />

Her name was music<br />

But we were only children then... <br />

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And now, <br />

I walk in rainstorms, waiting for hale stones<br />

Looking for goosebumps that translate to braille poems<br />

I was thinking of you<br />

Treading the trail home<br />

Dealing with the weight of the world<br />

Wearing on frail bones<br />

Disjointed and withdrawn<br />

Patiently pacing the piece of the planet<br />

That my parents lived on<br />

Cause lately, I'm lost<br />

And I've been looking to get this heart centered<br />

On something besides the comfort I find<br />

In a pen and a pad and a bartender<br />

You've been the injury<br />

I've hidden from these symphonies<br />

That lingers in my inkwell<br />

When I wonder what you think of me<br />

I wanted to wage a war<br />

That I wasn't aware that I could win<br />

But that was then<br />

I've been in a battle with nobody but my self since<br />

So, whenever the wedding bells are ringing<br />

Is when the phone won't be<br />

And we'll know that we're getting closer to the moment<br />

You won't know me<br />

When I was only that regret<br />

And you were only that one in a million<br />

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