"The Rug" lyrics

Laundry's in dryer
Dinners on the stove
Flowers in the kitchen
You bought on your way home

You'll make a promise
And I'll make the bed, said
"We'll talk about it"
But we fall asleep instead

We walk on shells and broken glass
Guess they don't make a broom for that

We dance around it
Don't work it out then
We let the hurt collect like dust
Ain't it like us, dear
To make up and move on
And paint over problems
'Cause you don't have to fix what you can't see
Just cause it's swept under the rug
Don't mean the house is clean

We'll scratch the surface
Buy a little time
Add to the closet
Of skeletons we hide

Ooh...
When you do what we do best
Ooh...
You just get used to the mess

We dance around it
Don't work it out then
We let the hurt collect like dust
Ain't it like us, dear
To make up and move on
And paint over problems
'Cause you don't have to fix what you can't see
Just cause it's swept under the rug
Don't mean the house is clean

My arms are tired and yours are too
We treat the dirt just like the truth
Ain't that the truth...

We dance around it
Don't work it out then
We let the hurt collect like dust
Ain't it like us
To make up and move on
And paint over problems
'Cause you don't have to fix what you can't see
Just cause it's swept under the rug
Don't mean the house is clean