Words Unspoken

I'm descended from lines of faces that I will never see

And I am turning a thousand pages my father gave to me

I will carry them until my children can take this book from me

There beginning another chapter, main character that isn't me

But can I rest my legs?

Can I rest my body broken?

Can I lay down my head full of words unspoken?

There's too much to lose

There's too much to lose

There's too much to lose

If I say them to you

She's surrounded by walls of faces that she can barely see

One face comes into sharper focus, deep inside a dream

It's the face of the man who hurt her

It's the face that she always sees

Never quite, never peaceful, always sailing a stormy sea

Can she rest her legs?

Can she rest her body broken?

Can she lay down her head full of words unspoken?

There's too much to lose

There's too much to lose

There's too much to lose

If she says them to you

Says them to you, says them to you, says them to you...

Can we rest our legs?

Can we rest our bodies broken?

Can we lay down our heads full of words unspoken?

Is there so much to lose?

Is there so much to lose?

Is there so much to lose if we both tell the truth?