I Said I Love You 04/30/99

I said I love you
She said I don't know what you mean
Like the kid who paints his backyard red
And is told it should be green

I've been crying now for seven years
And lowering the rope
Into a well that's dry of hope
But for my falling tears

I can't raise the waterline alone
Suck moisture from the earth
Take a baby back from death to birth
Make breath from shattered bone

I can't squeeze my heart til drops of life
Drop down into my spleen
To salve the bitter wounds that make me mean
Keep me from you, my wife

I once wished for god to touch you there
To make you cry with love
Even though I see no up above
For you I knew he'd care

In secret I have wished for me now
To cry not down your well
To break free from the self cast spell
To do, not wonder how

I said I love you
She said I don't know what you mean