Leonardo's Bride

Forty-One False Starts

Leonardo's Bride


I've been feeling like the old man and the sea, 
You asked me if I was over it, 
I'll never be, 
It's all been torn apart, 
Forty-one false starts. 
If I could be so brave, 
A little lenny bruce, like I didn't care. 
I'm working on it, 
I am working, 
See these hands are so very tired. 
I feel like such a loser on some dumb crusade. 
I feel so caught between this whole love and hate thing. 
So what if I wear a bullseye on my heart, 
Forty-one false starts. 
So much is left unsaid. 
I wanted to clear the air, 
You said it was perfectly clear. 
I'm working on it, 
I am working, 
See these hands are so very tired.