Heaven beyond your hope, a hell beneath your wings
Maybe someday I'll find the nerve to tell you everything
Slow dancing under flashing lights that spin purple blue to green
You were shrouded in smoke like a mystery to me

Time never runs out for the prettiest girl in the room
The winter's been dead but you're always in bloom
Trip the light like lovers but we only pretend
This might be our future if we didn't know the end

I don't know how to be safe
Only how my heart behaves
If I could tell you I would tell you but I don't know what to say
I owe you everything that stands
Between heaven & your hands
There are a million things in this world that I'll never understand
I don't know how to be safe
Only how my heart behaves
If I could tell you I would tell you but the words get in the way
Sunflowers on your dress
A scarf around your head
The future's never clear, it's always dark, it's for the best
The gunshot of your smile
It echoes through the sky
Wonder can make time stand still for just a little while
I don't know how to be safe
Only how my heart can shake
If I could find you I would find you but my life got in the way

I don't know how to be safe