Shattered lens put back by hand

The most callous of skin yet it breaks under pressure again

Long nights blend into daytime when

The faucet is dry and six candles are burning

You're so tired, yeah your bones are thin

And money, it comes like a solar eclipse

But the rarity and shadows, they pinch your lips

Why don't we just sleep in the cold and live

La vie en bleu

Vie en bleu

La vie en bleu

Vie en bleu

I'd struggle with you

In la vie en bleu

Pained smiles with a gap between teeth

So healing like balm and so bitterly sweet

How does a soul exist so seamlessly

While suffering--warm and quietly?

You're so proud and fragile, such a paradox

A poetic sacrifice, that's your brand of love

That you brand into my brain, no ifs or buts

But this stressful life, oh how I know it cuts

La vie en bleu

Vie en bleu

La vie en bleu

Vie en bleu

We can struggle through

la vie en bleu

No, the devils and demons are swarming around us

But they're foolish and angry and weak in the hours

You tuck me at night with a kiss to my head

Watching ESPN on mute as you whispered in bed

"It'll get better, I promise."

As you wept over due dates and ached in the showers 

As you saved pictures of me, propped up in mirrors 

As I hug you so softly, all bruised up and battered 

As doctors say slow down, you run to me faster 

Like the last time I'll see you is out of your power

La vie en bleu

Let's settle for la vie en bleu

I'll care for you

In la vie en bleu

}:{

I was too young at the time

To realize how much my parents sacrificed

In order to give me a good life

Thank you so much, I love you