Well I have felt the weight of words
screaming from your open mouth
But it was love I thought I heard
and not your anger crying out
Oh I could not turn the other cheek
to where the softest blows could land
No, I stood and fought 'til it made me weak
Too weak to take a stand
CHORUS:
And the penny drops like lead on roses
The penny drops right under my nose
The penny drops only I couldn't hear it
I was too near it
From outside in we tried to change
the look that love denied us
But in our hearts we only strained
against the knot that tied us
Oh I see it all so clearly now
So clear it blinds me
And sometimes in my darkened room
you're standing right behind me
REPEAT CHORUS
One year gone and still I grieve
Oh tell me where it hurts you
Was there only pain left to believe
and did I just desert you
'cause now I fight an enemy
whom I can barely recognize
Shrouded in your memory
and shot clean through your crazy eyes
REPEAT CHORUS