Deadlocked Lyrics

I think it took him a while to understand If he felt doubt he'd just take me by the hand

I know it's taken me a while to understand

How these things, these swirling patterns took my man

He's a man I used to be

But in a lot of ways he's still a part of me

I look back on the woman I've become

But I'm not these loose parts without the sum

All these people and places I've lost are still a part of me

In a deadlocked intersection of who I am and who I used to be

I used to laugh and holler and shout and cry

Now I look to my father's father's alibi

I used to look in the mirror for a while

Just to see my man stare back and smile

In these things there's never a Switzerland

I haven't seen him a while

He could be off in some coastal land Remember those hours that coasted by

On those back roads when we were deadlocked at the light some day

There were all these signs and warnings I was too distracted by

There's all these back roads one way Someday I hope he'll find his way

As for me I think I'll do fine

Despite my dramatic gestures of how

I'm alive, oh, of how I'm alive

I wanted to make things right in some time

But I know this deadlock is an anger I created

These things they manifest and spill over

And we hurt the ones we love

Over and over Over and over

Oh, I hope we can take the time