Silent War

Stifling This day is stifling You're sprawled out like a king On the sheets of my queen-sized bed And I'm Too hot to lie beside Possessed of idle mind This calm is a false friend Jealousy I suspect jealousy Something is changing me Real slow from the inside out It seems You mean too much to me Too much for comfort, see The cause is the cure now We fought a silent war in a hardware store And the air was thick as paint Though I carried it on I knew that I was wrong But I fight when I'm afraid I come with guns a-blazing Someone once I forget who it was Said, "Do not think so much You can't hear what your heart says." But it speaks In tugs and puddle-leaps And bangs my ribs to pieces Thoughts are the safe bet We fought a silent war in a hardware store And the air was thick as paint Though I carried it on I knew that I was wrong But I fight when I'm afraid