Shrewd

enough with all the questions here.
how much am i to take?
i don't mean to brush you off.
you'll get your answers soon enough
if you just want to wait.
i've got to tell someone.

breaking elaine
the source of all my pain.
i gave her love and promises
and she gave me disdain.
i never felt so cold inside
as when i moved to feint.
and i have never felt so crude.
and i have never been so shrewd.

show me how you suffer
my lioness in pain.
you never were a butterfly.
i meant to last eternity
but couldn't take the strain.
some of us are born to die.

breaking elaine
elation in my brain.
the source of all my misery
is marked down on the slate.
that our stars crossed at all
shows the fickleness of fate.
and i have never felt so crude
and i have never been so shrewd.

tell me i will suffer
if i take another chance.
i don't mean to show my hand.
strain will make you bluster.
relief will make you dance.
i guess i tipped you off.

breaking elaine
was worth it in the end.
although i'll rot away tonight
at least my path is made.
if i know it's cold inside
then i don't want to bake.
and i have never been so crude.
and i have never felt so shrewd.