Defenses Down Lyrics

With the same mouth

The same breath

I say something lovely

Then I'm reckless

The same hand

The same mind

I could kill a man

And then I'd call you mine

Well is it pride or is it good

How much I want to be understood

I was ripping through flesh

And calling out death

Until you came along

I guess there's something about you now

Tearing my defenses down

Tearing my defenses down

Young heart

Old soul

I treated kindness like a chokehold

All the pain I caused

And the love I lost

Hiding in the fight

Didn't consider the cost

That is it pride or is it good

How much I want to be understood

I was ripping through flesh

And calling out death

Until you came along

I guess there's something about you now

Well I said it

I guess there's something about you now

There are lies fed to young men's hearts

How your violence can't be kept in art

And how your dreams of peace are not the start

Has death been by your doorstep yet

There were times that I wished we'd met

I know in living that I owe a debt

I'm coming to grips with it

Well is it pride or is it good

How much I need to be understood

I was ripping through flesh

And calling out death

Until you came along

I guess there's something about you now

Well I said it

I guess there's something about you now

Tearing my defenses down