Completely Known Lyrics

Completely Known lyrics

Andy never had a father 

Who was anywhere nearby 

And when he was and Andy asked him things 

He couldn't get him to reply 



So Andy taught himself the things 

That thought he might ought to know 

And when he talks about the winter time 

He says, "I understand the snow." 



Andy left his small hometown 

He went to college and he majored in art history 

Now he lives in a canvas world 

As a docent in a gallery 



Andy speaks aesthetically 

He can quantify the beautiful 

But he can hardly feel inside 

So he just does what's dutiful 



July's tendency's to freeze 

Whenever she's confronted 

She's borne so many losses 

That her senses have been blunted 



She learned about death and dying 

When she was only six years old 

Since then every one she meets 

Seems a little cold 



She's tried to change herself 

By being a good lover 

But every time she finds someone good 

He leaves her cause he says she smothers 



She lost count a year ago 

When she was living in West Virginia 

The last one never even told her it was over, in fact 

As he left, he said 

"I got a ring I'm gonna send ya." 



And I used to bathe in tears at night 

Cause I felt like I was on my own 

I used to think I would never be 

Completely known 



I used to hold on tightly 

To the sorrows that I owned 

But they were all I knew 

They had run me through 

And they had left me 

All alone 



I used to pray every day 

That God would mend what's torn 

Now I see the only way is to die... 

To die... 

Aand be reborn 

I have finally found a way to live 

In the presence of the Lord