Sometimes When We Touch - Normie Rowe

You ask me if I love you And I choke on my reply I'd rather hurt you, honestly Than mislead you with a lie And who am I to judge you On what you say or do? I'm only just beginning To see the real you And sometimes when we touch The honesty's too much And I have to close my eyes and hide I wanna hold you 'til I die 'Til we both break down and cry I wanna hold you 'Til the fear in me subsides Romance and all its strategy Leaves me battling with my pride But through the insecurity Some tenderness survives I'm just another writer Still trapped within my truth A hesitant prize fighter Still trapped within my youth And sometimes when we touch The honesty's too much And I have to close my eyes and hide I wanna hold you 'til I die 'Til we both break down and cry I wanna hold you 'Til the fear in me subsides At times I'd like to break you And drive you to your knees At times I'd like to break through And hold you endlessly At times I understand you And I know how hard you've tried I've watched while love commands you And I've watched love pass you by At times I think we're drifters Still searching for a friend A brother or a sister But then the passion flares again And sometimes when we touch The honesty's too much And I have to close my eyes and hide I wanna hold you 'til I die 'Til we both break down and cry I wanna hold you 'Til the fear in me subsides

You ask me if I love you I choke on my reply I'd rather hurt you honestly Than mislead you with a lie And who am I to judge you On what you say or do When I'm only just beginning To see the real you? And sometimes when we touch The honesty's too much That I have to close my eyes and hide I wanna hold you 'til I die 'Til we both break down and cry I wanna hold you 'til the fear in me subsides Romance with all its strategy Leaves me battling with my pride And through the insecurity Some tenderness survives I'm just another writer Still trapped within my truth A hesitant prize fighter Still trapped within his youth And sometimes when we touch The honesty's too much That I have to close my eyes and hide I wanna hold you 'til I die 'Til we both break down and cry I wanna hold you 'til the fear in me subsides Oh, at times I want to break you And drive you to your knees At times I want to break through And hold you endlessly Ah, sometimes when we touch The honesty's too much That I have to close my eyes and hide 'Cause I wanna hold you 'til I die 'Til we both break down and cry I wanna hold you 'til the fear in me subsides

You ask me if I love you, and I choke on my reply I'd rather hurt you honestly than mislead you with a lie Who am I to judge you on what you say or do I'm only just beginning to see the real you Sometimes when we touch The honesty's too much And I have to close my eyes and hide I wanna hold you 'til I die 'Til we both break down and cry I wanna hold you 'til the fear in me subsides Romance and all its strategy Leaves me battling with my pride But through the insecurity some tenderness survives I'm just another writer still trapped within my truths And your hesitant prize fighter trapped within my youth Sometimes when we touch The honesty's too much And I have to close my eyes and hide I wanna hold you 'til I die 'Til we both break down and cry I wanna hold you 'til the fear in me subsides At times I understand you And I know how hard you've tried I've watched while love commands you And I've watched love pass you by And at times I think were drifters Searching for a friend, a brother, or a sister But then the passion flares again Sometimes when we touch The honesty's too much And I have to close my eyes and hide I wanna hold you 'til I die 'Til we both break down and cry I wanna hold you 'til the fear in me subsides I wanna hold you 'til the fear in me subsides

There was a time I could not cry But that has left me now For 7 years I could not dream But now that's done There were songs I could not sing Words I could not know Oh but now they found me on a bridge And they broke my heart There was a way I used to talk I cannot recognize And now my language cannot give me what I need And I tore it from my bible and I kept it from my god I would not lose to junkies on the street It hit me so hard I could not see That shot was only meant for me And all the faces that I knew They were lying When the hard road went back to sand And with the wheel still in my hand I built a highway out of dust And I was flying There was a way I used to talk I cannot recognize And now my language cannot give me what I need And I tore it from my bible and I kept it from my god I would not lose to junkies on the street It hit me so hard I could not see That shot was only meant for me And all the faces that I knew They were lying When the hard road went back to sand And with the wheel still in my hand I built a highway out of dust And I was flying

The stars were tripping on a Tuesday night I didn t know that it was cold I got so high that the seasons changed I watched as silver turned to gold I dreamed my life I was chasing it down It didn t have no place to go I shoulda known I woke the devil up I shoulda heard the engine groan The road was shaking but my hands were still The lights were dancing on their own I lit the dash I took my sun glasses off I like to see that fucker glow Remember after school at the Skyler Park Trading in our stories for the dark In our heads in our own way Remember Megan with her make up off She made us dream she got us off It was good that she moved away I took a right onto Maple Hill Somebody laughing in the wind I should have felt the rain on my left hand I should have heard the devil grin Lightning came from the other side I could see the steel explode The sound of thunder covered up my eyes An engine screaming in my nose The moon was raining down broken glass I didn t know I left the radio on Until I heard it singing from the mud Then I saw them standing 'round this little boy Pale blue skin in his corduroy Pumping his life they were holding on Then I heard the walls as they began to weep His naked body had gone to sleep I saw an old woman hit the floor My head was gone But my clothes were on I left my body in the car I listened hard for the voice of God I didn t hear nothin' at all It was a sunset like I'd never seen I could almost see the end I tried to reach it but I blew it away Then it all turned black again And I was a runner more than half my life I was a track star back in '95 I was full almost a man And I had a girlfriend back before I died The peeled her off from my wounded side I could feel her empty hands

I'm in a daze, losing control All that I made is unraveling slowly, oh I let you in, I should've known You'd take my heart and run And leave me wondering How I ever cried for someone Who would keep me Crumbling in their arms All I ever wanted to do Was love in every way that I knew Instead, you made me lose Myself and all my mind All you ever wanted to say Was every way I needed to change, ooh Baby, love don't work that way Swept in your chaos I played the part Spent one too many times Lost in the dark I wanted to hold you But you'd just slip right through Cuz it's never enough, no Oh, you left me wondering Why I'd ever fight for something That would keep me Crumbling in your arms All I ever wanted to do Was love in every way that I knew Instead, you made me lose Myself and all my mind All you ever wanted to say Was every way I needed to change, ooh Baby, love don't work that way (Work that way) Baby your love, your love, your love, oh It's all a game I don't play anymore Oh your love, your love, your love, oh It's all a game I don't play anymore Baby your love, your love, your love All I ever wanted to do Was love in every way that I knew Instead, you made me lose Myself and all my mind (Your love, your love, your love, oh) All you ever wanted to say Was every way I needed to change, ooh Baby, love don't work that way