A flannel on the floor Spoke quietly to me And you hoped I didn’t see The crystal on your chest His gift, an amethyst And I fought For second best Why do you run from things You know you cannot hide? Even Samson fell In a troubled state of mind The flowers on the floor And the roses that are dead My hope You won’t forget If I could disagree With one thing You can’t fall To fight for nothing I lost all of you For a chance to see things through The only part of you That wants to stay with me The vomit on the floor Of my passenger seat And I cried out (I fought to stay with you) When I thought that it would matter to you (but it does!) When you were sick I heated soup and I I left all of me you