Erin McKeown - A Better Wife lyrics

I'm just something else he tried
A catalogue of interests in
A catalogue of lives
I hid myself from him I wouldn't
Say it was a lie
But hiding worked it's way into the
Way we lived our lives

It was clear that he was troubled
He had trouble with his pride
But i could never tell if the
Fault was his or mine so I drew myself away
I wouldn't say I left behind
A man who would never know
The man he was inside

In a moment he was gone
I could see that he had died
By the quickening of blood and
The fluttering of eyes
So I held him to my breast
Like all the better wives
Who furnish men with love and
Never leave their side

I'm just something else he tried
The salt that's left behind
After tears have dried
And I suppose that I'll go on
After all it was my life
And all that I supposed I held
Has come to be untied