Two Gallants - Linger On lyrics

Step out to clutch the evening air Distraction from your disrepair And all of those who say they know And walk the balustrade till dawn You won't blink and you won't yawn Never let your weakness show And though I keep your picture on the wall Unplug the phone in case you call Dust collects upon the sill And still you misplace all your faith in words As though you'll ever feel a**ured If you don't know, you never will But no I never meant you any harm Suffocating shelter of your arms And if I let you down, it Wasn't me, but you who kept me 'round Linger on, linger on And while your tears fall down his cheek For the fallen, small and meek Look what the invalids compose Well he should've warned you from the start Another callus on the heart Another victim of the throes And me, I'm in the company of thieves They get their word in, then they leave Such a false affair But who am I to claim such moral highs And though my judgement on the night As though I'm so aware No I never meant you any harm Suffocating shelter of your arms And if you should feel betrayed It wasn't me, but you who made me stay Linger on, linger on Well I'll take your convalescent dreams Patch the wounds and sew the seams Get you ready for the fall But should you miss me when I'm gone Girl your memory serves you wrong You never needed me at all But you can miss the hollow of my hand And all the lives that we had planned And all the jealousies you sowed And I'll take back the youth you can't repay All the hours I gave away And all the lies I never told And no I never meant you any harm Suffocating shelter of your arms And if I did you wrong It wasn't me, but you who wrote this song Linger on, linger on