The Mark Lyrics

Stuck with a sugar-coated machine

Three angry wolves came and tore at my seams

Vicious kind mouths that buckled my knees

You're just a soldier who won in defeat

You have to shoulder each smile that you meet

You barely recall the kids on your street

Don't start to play on the strings of my heart

The ink on the parchment left blank on the mark

You heard that train whistle blow and then you thought

You would go home, home, home

Home's where you're not

He painted over this red restless sea

Asked me to stay on the rock in the deep

I slipped away thinking he was asleep

Roses were deep red and violets were blue

Crushing the petals to dye all the new

Tossing away what beautifully grew

Don't start to play on the strings of my heart

The ink on the parchment left blank on the mark

You heard that train whistle blow and then you thought

You would go home, home, home

Home's where you're not

Vertically sail through the water

Taste all the salt that you made me swallow

The compass gets harder to follow

And then you'll reach the end

You, you'll reach the end

Don't start to play on the strings of my heart

The ink on the parchment left blank on the mark

You heard that train whistle blow and then you thought

You would go home, home, home