All day every night caretaker shield and flame
Lover then a stranger blamed but never named
Hold all your sorrow stitch up your pride
I fold into silence just to survive
Kitchen confessor bedroom ghost
You drink your peace while I hold the most
Its not devotion when its demanded
You only love me when Im stranded
Why are you clinging so tight
To a chain thats choking my light
This was my soft cry (This was my soft cry)
Buried beneath the fight
So let me float where I can feel the tide
Let me golet me fall into a life thats mine
Who sets the table Who bears the shame
Who takes the fire and carries the flame
Who holds the grief you never name
And tells herself its just a phase
And Im growing cold and tired
My spines been bowed like a wire
If this is love then its misnamed
A weight disguised as desire
The bruises bloom behind my laughter
If our end comes would it matter
The quiet in our bed is louder
Than any vow you ever uttered
All day every night mirror echo shell
You call it home I call it hell
Dress me in roles I didnt choose
Then wonder why I come unglued
Lover then a stranger savior then a chain
I gave and gave and you just took my name
But its not love if it costs me my flame
You make me do too much of the pain
Would you like to add a specific theme or personal touch to the lyricslike cultural references a different metaphor or a different relationship dynamic (family society etc )
