A Song From A Knife Salesman To His Wife On Their Wedding Day - Listener

Well, darling this is it

And I’m not a complicated person

You’re all I’ve got

Well, I mean you’re all I’ll ever need

Just like you are

You look like you could use these open arms

With these broken arms

Well, I’ll try and hold you all together

You spun the wheels on this rusty heart

And I’ll never be the same

And we’re no accident you and I

Though sometimes we won’t survive the crash

I’ll be your ambulance

I’ll let you sleep right here inside of me

Let it leave a scar when it heals

So we can remember what not to do

It’s those natural tattoos that I love

Drawn over every inch of you

It’s our only map

It’s all we’ll ever have to offer

All I am is for you

Until I’m tied down to my coffin

I’m not that good with words

I’ll try my hardest anyways

And they get caught

In my throat, no matter how loud I scream them out

Grow old with me!

I can’t seem to say it any more convincingly

And God, that scares me

So take another step

Take another step, take another step for me

Take two more steps, and then you’ll rest

But just one more step for me

Take another step, another step, take another step for me

Take two more steps and I’ll let you rest

But just one more step towards me

Well I’m sure that this is it

Our song’s playing anyways

So let’s go dance, like ghosts just happy to be alive

We’re so much stronger

Than anything they’ve ever taught us to fear

And that’s my plan

It’s thin I know but it’ll stand up just the same

So take my hand

Hold it like your life depends and close your eyes

And take a step

I want to be the ground right there like it’s always been

You pulled the pin

And asked me to hold your heart together

But not with words

You crash landed right here inside my hands

My little bird

Let’s go and fly this globe all over

And show 'em how

Our love does fill up all the oceans

I don’t deserve you

And I’ll probably fail you in almost every single way

And so I’m sorry

Love your husband, on your wedding day

Take another step

Take another step, take another step for me

Take two more steps, and then you’ll rest

But just one more step for me

Take another step, another step, take another step for me

Take two more steps and I’ll let you rest

But just one more step towards home