the male condition

There’s a hole in the door

But you don’t feel no better

Just as angry as before

but with a bloody splinter

I didn’t mean

to make you

hurt

Something inside you

is always aching

Always a tension

on the verge of breaking

I never wanted

to coax the darkness out

I didn’t mean

to make you

shout

How can I heal you

when your heart’s an open wound?

Just existing

tears it open further, too

You’ve been conditioned

to ignore the pain

Let it build up

until you go insane

I never wanted

your suffering to be my gain

But how can I help you

when I never learned how?

I didn’t mean

to break you

down

Can we start over?

Can I bandage up your hand?

This anger and this rage

ain't what it takes to be a man

I'd like to hold you gently

but you must learn to let me

I only mean

to love you

now

But if you don't love you first

it'll never count