Baba Brinkman - Valediction lyrics

Your broken heart is not my crime There's something out there that I've got to find When I'm in your arms I feel like I've come home But I gotta keep on rollin' on my own I wish there was a better way to say this without hurtin' you But I know you well enough to know you're gonna take it personal Tell me that you've heard it before and call me a turncoat ‘Cause I prefer to go from terminal to terminal And keep searchin' and roamin' instead of returning home But like a turtle, my only home is internal My life is an open journal and I journey alone You were the center of my circle at first But there was more beneath the surface like the words of a poem I've got my own version of eternal devotion And your emotional nervousness is hurtin' my growth So for me uncertainty is all that's currently known I wish I could say truthfully that it isn't you; it's me And the newness I seek is just stupidity In fact, I would say that if I thought you would believe it If we could mutually agree on a few good reasons to do what we need To do, and if you could believe that you're still beautiful to me Then we could leave without either of us grievin' You knew that I needed my freedom And you said you were open to seein' me leave When I needed, but now I can see you were only deceivin' me Dreamin' of keepin' me, and now you accuse me of treason? I told you the truth and you refused to believe me So now how have you been mistreated? Your broken heart is not my crime There's something out there that I've got to find When I'm in your arms I feel like I've come home But I gotta keep on rollin' on my own So close the door, you know I gotta do it right One last time, before we say goodnight It's only life, it's only life darling But then again, who knows the way are heart' supposed to go