Jars of Clay - Mirrors & Smoke Lyrics

I'm feeling older than my years
I'm feeling pain inside my chest
You know it's love that keeps me silent
It's my silence you detest

Rivers flow into the oceans
And oceans never fill
I want to kiss your lips
But I know I never will

Love's a hard decision
To risk impending choke
My love will keep you wishing
And my heart will keep me broke

I give you flowers, give you candy
To even out the guilt
I send you greeting cards with messages
That I could never write

Rivers flow into the oceans
And oceans never fill
I want to let you know me
But I know I never will

Love's a contradiction
Made of mirrors & smoke
My love, it keeps you wishing
My heart it makes me broke

You will always want me
And I'll always want to leave
Even though I cut your wounds
You still deny they're real

Rivers flow into the oceans
And oceans never fill
I want to lay my life down
But I know you never will

Love's a strange condition
With all the doubts it can invoke
Your love keeps me wishing
My heart, it keeps me broke

Baby, don't you cry
'Cause I got it all figured out
You always make me sad
But that's what true love is all about

Rivers never fill the oceans
But oceans always feel
The waters reaching deep inside them
I guess they always will

Love's a constant mission
Truer words were never spoke
My love, it keeps you wishing
My heart, it keeps me broke

Love's a constant mission
Truer words were never spoke
'Cos my love, it keeps you wishing
My heart, it keeps me broke

Keeps me wishing
Keeps you wishing
My heart, it makes me broke
Mirrors & smoke
Mirrors & smoke