Tender Heart Lyrics

I came down to hear your speech

Fired off with reckless doublespeak

What did that mean anyway

Been rolling it around for days

I held it right up to the light

I couldn't find it on the page

I have believed since I was small

When one door opens

Build a wall

Do not threaten me with open doors

Or final terms laid bare

I will not hesitate to prove I could

I can't resist a dare

But a tender heart could not forgive

It's bitter blood and pain outlive

The memory of better times

Of sweeter words

And the love they buy

There are places you should know

I've warned you you can never go

Words said in anger are words you meant

They don't spill out on accident

Not I'm stepping over broken shells

To see what's left inside the well

If you threaten me with open doors

Or final terms laid bare

I will not hesitate to prove I could

I'd take it as a dare

But a tender heart cannot forget

The hot blood that once ran through it

No apologies that you could give

Could cool the flame that burns this bridge

A tender heart could not forgive

It's bitter blood and pain outlive

The memory of better times

Of sweeter words

And the love they buy