fix you

i mend broken men with my mother's hands

don't know where i learned it i've never seen her do it like i can

gave me something to do

gave me something to prove

gave me reasons to stay and sink with my

ship into the blue, it gave me you

and at least that was new

i can't make you talk, can't make you change your sheets

i can't change you, make you give a damn about me

or brush your tongue when you brush your teeth

i have better things to do

i have nothing to prove

i can swim to shore, i don't have to sink with you

even if sinking would feel so new

i can't fix you

i can't fix you

you're a fixer too, but in the way one fixes a tomcat

were you more than that?

guess i didn't trim away enough of the fat

i didn't get to the meat of you

maybe that wasnt something i was meant to do

i can't fix you

i can't fix you

i can't fix you

i can't fix you