A Harsh Lesson in Vulnerability Lyrics

Just another starlit night

Just another night on the opposite side of the world not knowing a soul

And wondering what it's like back home

I remember that same moonlight

Lighting up your face in the dark while you slept in my arms

Though truth be told I don't think we slept that night

I think about all the mornings before

Waking up to your face being greeted by sunlight

A smile in your eye, pep in your step and coffee brewing on the counter

I'd tell you a joke and you'd laugh pretty hard, I'd kiss you goodbye when I'd drive you to work

Things weren't perfect, but we tried our best, Lord knows it

But the bills piled up to matter what we tried

Our student debt never seemed to go down

We're skipping meals and stealing Wi-Fi

And two months behind on rent

I felt so ashamed when we moved back into the basement of your mother's house on August 1st

I feel like a failure, my vows were to provide for you

And here I am, a useless man

I'm trolling the listings for a better job – three interviews but nothing sticks

'til an offer comes in that pays pretty well

It's all the way in Kuwait

I think about that last night when we used our hands to memorize our bodies

So we could take them with us

We cried at the airport – six months never felt so long but

We knew our love was stronger – this would be for the better

But on that plane I was miserable 'cause I've never been this far from you

I'm settled in and holding on to the memories we made that night

I hate it here so much, dear, 'cause I don't speak the language

And I can't seem to make any friends

No one here will trust me

They think I am the enemy

And all I'm trying to do is provide for my family

I'll send you every extra dollar that I make, so when I come home we can have a better life