You Can't Fail Me Now

I know that fan is movin' air

I can see it in your hair

But I can't bear to breathe it in somehow

I'll rise and fall with you

'Cause you can't fail me now

I'll rise and fall with you

'Cause you can't fail me now



Salty sweet upon my mouth

And dark throws sparks against my house

The stain of love's a smudge upon my brow

But you see through me

And you can't fail me now

You see right through me

You can't fail me now



Bit off more than I can chew

Somethin' that I tend to do

But fewer words are what we need and how

You bite my tongue

You can't fail me now

I rant and rail

Oh, you can't fail me now



I lost the thread among the vines

And hung myself in storylines

That tell a tale I never would allow

God knows the name of every bird

It fills my mind like angry words

That you know all my secret heart avows



We're taught to love the worst of us

Mercy more than life but, trust me,

Mercy's just a warnin' shot across the bow

I live for yours

And you can't fail me now

I live for your mercy



You can't fail me now



You can't fail me now