One More Thing Than I Can Handle (Live)

Between the look and the look away
I saw paragraphs on paragraphs of wanting
Written in the space around your eyes
And the corners of your smile.

Between the look and the look away
I heard, louder than the bells of a cathedral
Ev'rything you wish that you could ask
If we only were alone
If you only could be sure
That your life would never know.

But that's one more thing than I can handle
One more cross than I can bear
God, you're beautiful
God, it would be easy to say yes
But that's just
One more thing than I can handle
One more way I mustn't care
Take me like a photograph
Put me in a drawer beside your fantasies
And leave me there.

Between the look and the look returned
I made hundreds of frenetic calculations
Measuring the distance to my train
And the light inside the bar
And the force beneath your arms
What I'd say if we got caught.

But that's one more thing than I can handle
One more choice that isn't fair
God, you're beautiful
God, it would be nice to acquiesce
If only, if only it weren't
One more thing than I can handle
One more never answered prayer
Close me like a bank account.

Drop me at the bottom of your memories
And leave me there.

Leave me empty
Leave me dry
Leave me hanging on the branch to rot
You might be strong enough
You might be strong enough
But I'm not
I'm not.

It's just one more thing than I can can handle
One more cross than I can bear
God, you're beautiful
God, it would be easy to say
If only, if only, if only, if only it weren't
One more thing than I can handle
One more castle in the air
Hide me like an accident
Watch me walk away
Light me in the window of your could-have beens
And leave me there
Leave me there
Leave me there.