The Letter - Wayward Daughter

Bare skin and ink

You read my body like a picture book

But I didn’t think

That I could ever feel this intimate

With someone

Oh, let my words be clear

This is a love song

Only for you my dear

Chest pressed to mine

I feel your heart sing a symphony

You may have stolen mine

But the last thing I need is sympathy

From someone

Oh, let my words be clear

This is a love song

Only for you my dear

It makes my stomach turn to think

I’m not the first to call you baby

And I’ve been struggling to find a way

To tell you what I’ve been thinking lately

That I know just how you touched her

I hear you breathing her in

I can’t escape all the secrets that you told her skin on skin

She is the shadow I can’t shake

I wish that I could let go

But she’s a part of your past that I will never come to know

And here I write my confession

And tell you just how I feel

That hers is a history I’m so desperate to steal

But as I look to the future

It all becomes clear

That you are the muse to this love song

And I am yours my dear

So, let my words be clear

This is a love song

For only you my dear