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“Faint Hearted”

V1. I bind my heart tightly
I wrap it up strong
I present myself tough
Only I know what’s wrong
You were curious about
My parcel fragile
You were tentative
Then holding it made you smile

CH: For feeling the warmth
And it’s faint steady thump
You guessed the contents
But you did not run
Feeling the warmth
And it’s faint steady thump
You guessed the contents
But you did not run.

V2. Since then you have tugged
At my tightly bound string
I so carefully tied
In protection of me
Teased open the layers
Unravelled it all
It lay open before you
And you were appalled

CH: you felt the warmth
And it’s faint steady pace
You knew the contents
And fled like a race
You felt the warmth
And it’s faint steady pace
You knew the contents
And fled like a race

V3. You drew back in horror
At the unhealed mass
How I got the scars
You did not ask
They were fiercely won
During a terrible time
Faint hearted won’t inherit
So I began to bind.

CH: You had felt the warmth
And it’s faint steady pace
You knew the contents
But fled like a race
You had felt the warmth
And it’s faint steady pace
You knew the contents
But fled like a race.