I let the flies in

I like the silence

I let the flies in

I hear their buzzin’

In the night

I do the dishes

To keep me busy

Gotta keep my mind

Occupied

Something’s different

You’re not home now

I changed the locks

And it feels right

Second chances

Feel like burdens

When the silence, well,

it doesn’t bite

Maybe you lost something

That I could not replace

So you went out and found it

In some other place

And left me open

With a baby

Softly turning in my belly

While our son lay sleeping in my arms

The doctor asked me,

“How are you feeling?”

I toss and turn now

In the night

I close my eyes and

I see you with her

And darkness takes over

my mind

Maybe you lost something

That I could not replace

So you went out and found it

In some other place

And left me open

With a baby

Softly turning in my belly

While our son lay sleeping in my arms

Maybe I lost something

I should not replace

Cause it’s four in the morning

And I know you chose to stay

So my eyes open

I’m with my baby

Softly turning

In my belly

While my son lay sleeping in my arms