Where The Sharp Things Go

[Verse 1]
I learned your silences like street signs in the rain,
Still took the wrong turn just to prove I knew the way.
I leave a little wire where the welcome mat should be,
Then act surprised when you come home carefully.

[Pre-Chorus]
I mean “come closer,” my hands say “watch your step,”
I keep a map of every promise I have wrecked.

[Chorus]
I’m trying to love you without laying mines,
Trying to leave the doorway open this time.
If I flinch, don’t call it the end of the road—
I’m learning where the sharp things go.
I’m learning where the sharp things go.

[Verse 2]
I turn a soft question into courtroom light,
Build up my defense before you’ve said goodnight.
Then morning finds the dishes and the distance that I made,
And all my clever reasons taste like pennies in my mouth.

[Bridge]
Wait—
Let me take the wire down.
Let me hear you now.

[Final Chorus]
I’m trying to love you without laying mines,
Trying to leave the doorway open this time.
If I flinch, don’t call it the end of the road—
I’m learning where the sharp things go.
I’m learning where the sharp things go.