Edges, Soften Lyrics

Summer is cool in this apartment

We talk about tomorrow in the glow of the kitchen

And everything is going so nicely

When I mishear a misstep and I bare my teeth

And the shock is in his eyes

And I know we both feel it

But we won't give it breath

'Cause I was born with claws

And I swear I've been trying

But you still follow me and I will

Spend my whole life filing down these edges

Till my sword arm finally relaxes

It'll be five years in November

He kindly doesn't say

That sometimes I still stalk like a thing that's been cornered

Like we're at the killing stroke

No closer than

Strangers fighting on a front line

No history, only ultimatums

I tear apart the fabric

Pulling on a single ugly thread

And I will

Spend my whole life filing down these edges

Till my sword arm finally relaxes

Till I sleep with both eyes closed

And his arms around me

Love as love

Instead of a turncoat waiting

I will spend my whole life filing down these edges

Love, teach me to soften

Love, teach me to soften

Love, teach me to soften

I will spend my whole life filing down these edges

Till my sword arm finally relaxes

Till I sleep with both eyes closed

And his arms around me

Love as love

Instead of a turncoat waiting

I will spend my whole life filing down these edges

Love, teach me to soften