Tatters

Some couples live in harmonySome do notSome couples yell and screamSome do notBut what you said was somethingThat I can't forgetIt echoes in my headLike a bullet made of leadSome people yell and screamAnd some do notSome people sacrifice their livesAnd some do notSome people wait for sleepTo take them awayWhile others read books endlesslyHoping problems will go awayI know you're hoping everythingWorks outNeither one of us isThe type who shoutsYou sleep in the bedroomWhile I pace up and down the hallOur baby stares at both of usWondering which one of us to callI guess it's true that notEvery match burns brightI guess it's trueNot all that I say is rightBut what you said still bouncesAround in my headWho thought this could happen to usWhen we first went to bedI'm told in the endThat none of this mattersAll couples have troublesAnd none of this mattersBut what you saidStill echoes in my headAnd I'm still in the hallwayDownstairs sleeping alone insteadI know you don't careBut here's my last thoughtNot that it mattersBut here's the last thing I thoughtOur little thing is lyingHere in tattersAnd you my dearDon't have any mannersSad to leave this wayTo leave it all in tattersSaddening to leave this wayTo leave it all in tattersI suppose that we all could sayThat nothing of it mattersStill it's sadTo see everything in tatters