The story
He wants the version she can live with.
He stands in the middle of a love that keeps coming back with red marks and crossed-out lines, asking to be made cleaner than he is. He sees the old words still under the new ones, the same mistakes showing through, and she holds the pen while he waits for mercy that may not come.
No lyric sheet is published for this track, so this reading is drawn from its title and the sound of the record.
Lyrics
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