Never Love an Anchor - The Crane Wives

[LIZIA GRESSI]

On some level, I think I always understood
That these hands of mine are clumsy, not clever

[TALA GRESSI]

And I tried to do the best that I could
But try as I might, I couldn't bring myself to hold you

[FENLA GRESSI]

It's a secret I keep tucked inside my chest
With this heart of mine that's guilty, not remorseful

[JADEY GRESSI]

There is love that doesn't have a place to rest
But it would've buried you if it had settled on your shoulders

[LIZIA GRESSI]

On some level, I think I always understood
That a ship could never really love an anchor

[TALA GRESSI]

So I did the only thing that I could
And severed the rope to set you sailing from my harbor

[JADEY GRESSI]

There are times when I still wonder about you
You are someone I have loved but never known

[FENLA GRESSI]

And you'll never see the reasons I had
For keeping my claws away when they were close enough to hurt you

[LIZIA GRESSI]

I am selfish

[TALA GRESSI]

I am broken

[FENLA GRESSI]

I am cruel

[JADEY GRESSI]

I am all the things they might've said to you

[LIZIA GRESSI]

Do you ever think of me, and my two hands?

[ALL]

And wonder why

[LIZIA GRESSI]

They never soothed your fevers

[ALL]

And wonder why

[TALA GRESSI]

They never ties your shoes

[ALL]

And wonder why

[FENLA GRESSI]

They never held you gently

[ALL]

And wonder why

[JADEY GRESSI]

They never had the chance to lose you