Lyrics Working Up the Nerve - Jon Simpson

I've been working up the nerve for at least a year or two
I think I'm finally at the point now where I'll send it on to you
I've reached my limits how to say this, eloquence is not my strength
So if the meaning still eludes you, we can talk it out at length

I know in pointed conversations we run the risk of being cruel
But neither you nor I are perfect so we'll just have to make due
When our communication broke down something broke in me as well
And the more I think about it, it's put me through a bit of hell, but

I was never at a place
Like I am right now
And I'm praying that you
Are at this same place somehow

So I've been working up the nerve to finally bring it up to you
I'm not quite sure what came between us but this talk is overdue

All the bridges that had spanned us, drawing lines between two broken lives
Have atrophied in isolation, begun the process to unwind
And if I may have disappointed, I hope you'll travel to, in time
A place for me to find forgiveness, a place for you as well in kind

I was never at a place
Like I am right now
And I'm praying that you
Are at this same place somehow