Exactly What It Means - Steady Holiday

One more hopeful cuts her teeth

Wakes up early and repeats the words

I gotta earn my keep

Another year turns into ten

Her bosses shake their heads

Your merits dear, they don’t mean anything

And now she’s standing next to me

Another body that’s still breathing but

Struggles with the need

It’s incredible to me how disconnected we can be

I know exactly what it means

Like when you’re living quietly and th silence makes you scram

I know exactly what it means

Years go by what do you know

There she is at my door

Talking about what matters most

I point to a bandage on her arm

She smiles at me and says

One day my dear, I’ll show you my wounds

I knew exactly what she meant

I didn’t press the topic

More important things she had to say

It’s incredible to me how connected we can be

I know exactly what it means

Like when you’re living just to breathe and the beauty makes you weep

I know exactly what it means

It’s incredible to me how connected we can be

I know exactly what it means

Like when you’re living just to breathe and the beauty makes you weep

I know exactly what it means

I never saw her again and so the legend went

One day my dear, I’ll show you my wounds