I won't give up on you

I won’t give up on you

The priest gave me a penance
And the doctor gave me some glue
And the fortune-teller told me
That she could see somebody new

Some old friends were tempting me
To try a little sacrilege
And the demon on my shoulder
Said I should jump off the Freedom Bridge

But you showed me your naked truth, honey
You showed me the old and the new
Oh-hoh, baby
I won’t give up on you

Love and pain go hand in hand
Where there’s a heart there’s always a knife
I asked your best friend if she thought it could heal
She looked away and told me not in this life

Jesus is your passion play
And Joan of Arc your verse
Shall I drink the poison now, sweetheart
Or wait for it to get worse?

Love is indivisible
We’re both just trying to make it through
Oh-hoh, baby,
I won’t give up on you

I journeyed back in time
To about when you were nine
And I was twelve,
And then again when you were me
And we were running through the trees,

We found
A heart-shaped peach
A double one,
A two-in-one
We took a bite
Then left it for the bees…

We took a bite
Then left it for the bees

For a moment there I thought I
Saw you smile at me
But you’re still not done ignoring
Though you love me in my dreams

Mystery is your middle name
And breast-fed child your first
But long before that irony
You were trying to lift the curse

The light pours in through sacrifice
When you break a heart in two
Oh-hoh, baby
I won’t give up on you

Mmmmmm… baby,
I won’t give up on you