Never Love an Anchor - The Crane Wives

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

On some level I think I always understood
That these hands of mine are clumsy, not clever

[SELINA KYLE]

And I tried to do the best that I could
But try as I might, I couldn't bring myself to hold you

[MARLIN BLACKWELL]

It's a secret I keep tucked inside my chest
With this heart of mine that's guilty, not remorseful

[MARYANN BLACKWELL]

There is love that doesn't have a place to rest
And it would've buried you if it had settled on your shoulders

[GABRIELLE SWEETS]

On some level, I think I always understood
That a ship could never love an anchor

[BART D'HUNOLSTEIN]

So I did the only thing that I could
And severed the rope to set you sailing from my harbor

[JEZ CARSON]

There are times when I still wonder about you
You are someone I have loved, but never known

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

And you'll never see the reasons I had
For keeping my claws away when they were close enough to hurt you

[MARLIN BLACKWELL/SELINA KYLE]

I am selfish

[MARYANN BLACKWELL/JEZ CARSON]

I am broken

[ROXIE GRAYSON/BART D'HUNOLSTEIN]

I am cruel

[ALL]

I am all the things they might've said to you
Do you ever think of me and my two hands
And wonder why

[GABRIELLE SWEETS]

They never soothed your fevers

[ALL]

And wonder why

[ROXIE GRAYSON]

They never tied your shoes

[ALL]

And wonder why

[BART D'HUNOLSTEIN]

They never held you gently

[ALL]

And wonder why
They never had the chance to lose you