The Marriage Bed I Chose

Intro

Mm-hmm

Mm

Verse 1

I married the quiet

And the quiet moved in slow

Cold coffee in the hallway

Silence at the window

Pre-Chorus

We built a little kingdom

Out of things we'd never say

Two ghosts at the kitchen sink

Counting years away

Chorus

Sweet little thorn

Nobody said it grows

Sweet little thorn

In the marriage bed I chose

Verse 2

He reads the paper slowly

I memorize the folds

Every page a pardon

For the stories left untold

Pre-Chorus

We carved our names together

In a frame above the door

Now the nails are loosening

And I don't care anymore

Chorus

Sweet little thorn

Nobody said it grows

Sweet little thorn

In the marriage bed I chose

Bridge

Some flowers bloom in darkness

Some only learn to rot

I'm tending what I never asked for

The only plot I got

Chorus

Sweet little thorn

Nobody said it grows

Sweet little thorn

In the marriage bed I chose