Mary
I don’t know what to do
Mary
‘Cause every time I look away from you
You’re all I see
Mary

If the past shapes the present then presently I would be living it differently now
The upside of downtime to think without thought is no better than getting distraught

I’ll join them to beat them to keep them away from the things that I cling to the most
I’m done moving on and I’ll leave if you stay so please… please

Mary
I don’t know what to do
Mary
‘Cause every time I look away from you
You’re all I see
Mary

Why don’t you save me
Why don’t you let me be or let me go
I’m begging on my knees forget me please
Or forgive me so
Oh Mary

If failures success then I’m keeping it hidden to show what I now should confess
So sacred it seems I’m so scared of these dreams that keep circling around in my head

I pretend that we started a thing that could end and begin as we’d want it to be
But nothing’s more costly than something for free so please… please

Mary
I don’t know what to do
Mary
‘Cause every time I look away from you
You’re all I see
Mary

If love is blind I don’t know what I’ll find in you
I don’t know what you see in me

She’s as distant as the winter sun
More consistent than the beat of a drum
All this time she’s been hiding her weakness away from me

Then one day I touched a nerve by mistake
Pressed too hard and she started to shake
Every time that I go there I know there’s so much she can take
Before she breaks

She breaks like China
She breaks like China
The longer we take – the bigger we break when we find out

I keep a close eye on the way I act
Even when I start to see all the cracks
I give nothing away but expect her to stay with me

When she worked out where my weakness lay
She wouldn’t stop until I gave way
Every time that she goes there she know there’s so much I can take
Before I break

I break like China
I break like China
The longer we take – the bigger we break when we find out

The stronger we act – the longer we crack
There’s only so much we can take till we start to break

We’re constructed from the same design
With a heart that makes no sense to the mind
We can keep it together but pressure and time have their way

For the things we try to keep inside
Find their way out in the dark of the night
All it takes is the tiniest touch and there’s only so much
Before we break

We break like China
We break like China
The longer we take – the bigger we break when we find out

China

Tongue – tied
Talking to my feet
When there’s nothing better than self defeat

I stop – stall
Try to stand tall
When whatever I say means nothing at all

I walk
Through all the steps in my head
Made more sense in my head
Plain and simple I can’t keep climbing

I try to find the words but they won’t surrender
So I lie to you and say I don’t remember.

Singing like a hurricane
Dancing like Fred Astaire
Walking like a young John Wayne.

I’m talking like I’m falling downstairs

Stutter
Mutter to myself
That you can’t quote something from someone else

I duck – swerve
Lose my nerve
It’s on the tip of my tongue so just give me the word and I’ll walk

Through all the steps in my head
Made more sense in my head
Plain and simple I can’t keep climbing

I try to find the words but they won’t surrender
So I lie to you and say I don’t remember

Singing like a hurricane
Dancing like Fred Astaire
Walking like a young John Wayne

I’m talking like I’m falling downstairs